HCBS

Waiting lists for home- and community-based services (HCBS) have kept more than 600,000 people from accessing care each year.

Health officials in New Hampshire are asking for public feedback on the state’s HCBS programs to inform future improvements.

As the COVID-19 public health emergency goes away, so will boons that states put in place to expand HCBS programs.

I don’t envy state Medicaid workers at the moment. They are in the midst of what one expert has called one of the greatest challenges to the program in its history.

Thanks to federal action, states will be able to continue their 1915(c) Appendix K waivers for home- and community-based services past their initial expiration date.

Leaders of the National Association for Home Care & Hospice issued a call to action to home health members Sunday night during the opening session of the Financial Management Conference.

In the eyes of LeadingAge, an apt tagline for the Home and Community-Based Settings Rule, also known as the Olmstead rule, might be an example of “the road to hell is being paved with good intentions.”

LeadingAge is urging the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to place a two-year pause on the recently enacted Medicaid Home and Community-Based Settings (HCBS) Final Rule for adult day and assisted...

The home care community generally approves of the Ensuring Access to Medicaid Services (Access NPRM) rule, which the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services proposed in April. However, it is unequivocally...

If I were a state Medicaid official looking for areas to save some money (and what state isn’t?), I’d start seriously considering investing in home- and community-based services (HCBS).