Home and Community Based Services
CMS Training Series on the HCBS Provisions of Medicaid Access Rule
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is continuing their training series on the home-and community-based services (HCBS) provisions of the Medicaid Access Rule. The Ensuring Access to Medicaid Services final rule (Access rule) advances access to care and quality of care, and will improve health outcomes for Medicaid beneficiaries across fee-for-service (FFS) and […]
Read MoreCMS Releases Annual Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services Data
On Thursday, November 21, 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released its annual Medicaid long-term services and supports (LTSS) report. This annual update is the most comprehensive national information available regarding Medicaid LTSS and home and community-based services (HCBS) enrollment, utilization, and expenditures. The data includes year-over-year national trends as well as […]
Read MoreThe Alliance Celebrates National Care at Home Month
(Washington, DC) – November marks the start of National Care at Home Month, a new observance created to honor the valuable contributions of home care providers nationwide and inspire outreach to communities, media, and policymakers. National Care at Home Month is spearheaded by the newly formed National Alliance for Care at Home (the Alliance), bringing […]
Read MoreCMS Releases Updated Information on American Rescue Plan HCBS Spending
On Friday, August 16, 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released an updated summary of Medicaid state activities and spending under the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA’s) home and community-based services (HCBS) funding. According to the release, state agencies projected spending a total of $37.1 billion, ranging from $18.5 million in Alaska […]
Read MoreCMS Releases Guidance on Redeterminations of HCBS Recipients
On Monday, August 19, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released an Informational Bulletin (CIB) that provides information and guidance regarding Medicaid redeterminations for individuals who receive home and community-based services (HCBS). As NAHC has previously noted, older adults and individuals with disabilities – including many that receive HCBS – were often overlooked […]
Read MoreCMS Seeks Feedback on Home and Community-Based Services Quality Measures
As part of the Medicaid Access Rule, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will require every state Medicaid program to report information on a standardized set of Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) national quality measures beginning in 2028. The quality measures will come from a subset of the National HCBS Quality Measure Set, […]
Read MoreCMS Open Door Forum on HCBS Access Rule
The next CMS Long-Term Services and Supports Open Door Forum scheduled for Tuesday, July 30, 2024, from 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM Eastern Time (ET). Please log on at least 15 minutes before call start time. Conference Leaders: Jill Darling, CMS Office of Communications **This Agenda is Subject to Change** Alissa Deboy, Director of the […]
Read MoreHHS Releases Plan on Aging Strategic Framework, Seeks Feedback
The Administration for Community Living (ACL) at the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released a strategic framework to develop a National Plan on Aging that coordinates activities across federal, state, and local governments as well as the private sector to improve the lives of older adults in America. While the framework largely […]
Read MoreCMS Releases Updates to HCBS Quality Measures
On Thursday, April 11, CMS released three items relevant to quality measurement in Home and Community-Based Services. These include: A CMCS Informational Bulletin that updates the existing HCBS Quality Dataset. The HCBS Quality Dataset, first implemented in 2022, is a set of national measures that is voluntary for state Medicaid agencies to collect and report. […]
Read MoreCMS issues Money Follows the Person Best Practices Report
On Tuesday, March 12th, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released a report to Congress on Best Practices within the Medicaid Money Follows the Person deinstitutionalization program. This report was required by the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021, which identified eight key areas for CMS to report on best practices. The eight areas, […]
Read MoreHHS releases HCBS CAHPs data
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) released the 2024 home and community-based services (HCBS) Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS) chartbook. This chartbook includes data that was collected in the summer of 2023. The HCBS CAHPS was developed by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) as a way to […]
Read MoreCMS and HUD Announce Participants in Housing and Services Partnership
On Friday, February 9, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced that eight states and the District of Columbia will participate in the, “Housing and Services Partnership Accelerator.” The project is intended to support states implement housing-related supports and services for older adults and people with disabilities […]
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