Assisted living industry advocates say they support the goals of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services in its newly ...

On July 21, 2022, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) released its first-ever nationally standardized Home- and Community-Based Services (“HCBS”) quality measure set to encourage ...

Home and community-based services (HCBS) are the predominant approach to delivering long-term services and supports in the US, but there are growing numbers of reports of worker shortages in this ...

Advocates have pushed for changes to the HCBS program for decades, arguing that the current structure of the Medicaid program favors institutionalizing aging adults and people with disabilities over ...

Policymakers will have to decide among four basic LTSS models: Medicaid; Medicare; public insurance; or leaving people and ...

One day last year, no nurse arrived to help me out of bed. I’m Charles, a paralyzed veteran, and without ample warning the VA-contracted, home health agency responsible for my care didn’t secure a ...

The authors developed a model to identify participants in a home- and community-based services program who are at highest risk for long-term nursing home placement. Several states offer publicly ...

The outcome of a state disability rights case could have implications for how states administer Medicaid home- and ...