President Joe Biden and his administration are using the importance of personal home care as a way to fight back against some Congress members’ desire to cut Medicaid funding. In a letter that opposed certain aspects of the “Congressional Republican agenda,” the White House criticized Republicans’ previous plans to repeal the Affordable Care Act, cut […]
Category: Medicaid
One of the largest Medicaid health plans in the country is teaming up with one of the most successful home-based care startups to serve around 40,000 members in Texas. On Thursday, the Texas-based Superior HealthPlan announced a home health partnership with MedArrive. “Essentially, what we’re going to be doing is focusing on how we provide better […]
More than half a million people across the U.S. were on state waiting lists for home- and community-based services (HCBS) in 2021. But the number of states that have a waiting list for people who are in need of HCBS is the lowest it’s been since 2016 at 37. However, HCBS waiting lists are often […]
Total Medicaid managed care spending across all 50 states saw an increase last year. In fact, spending checked in at $420.5 billion in 2021, compared to $359.6 billion in 2020, according to data collected in the annual CMS-64 Medicaid expenditure report. Additionally, home and community-based services make up a big chunk of this spending. At […]
Home care providers likely exhaled a sigh of relief when the American Rescue Plan passed last year, earmarking funds intended to enhance home- and community-based services (HCBS). And they’re once again breathing easier now that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) – through the U.S Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) […]
Home-based care industry insiders are encouraged by the steps the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is taking in releasing its first ever home- and community-based services (HCBS) quality measures. While it’s still early in the process, experts believe now is the time for providers to begin talks with state agencies in order to […]
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released its first ever home- and community-based services (HCBS) quality measures Thursday. The agency said the measures will promote “consistent quality measurement within and across state Medicaid HCBS programs” and are a “critical step to promoting health equity among the millions of older adults and people with […]
On Tuesday, the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) took the time to map out the federal agency’s strategic plans and key initiatives moving forward. During the national stakeholder call, CMS Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, CMS Chief Operating Officer Jon Blum and Deputy Administrator and Director of Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services Dan […]
Here I am, yet again, writing about the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) proposed rule for the home health care industry. But it’s no small deal. Advocates were in Washington, D.C., this week to desperately argue on behalf of the industry that the rule was unfair. In doing that, they displayed the […]
With more eyes than ever on home-based care, there are a number of legislative and regulatory developments that will be critical for providers to stay on top of. For providers like Help at Home, which is working in the Medicaid space along with private pay, the short-term gains have been apparent. “If you took what’s […]
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