CMS Releases Summaries of States’ Activities to Strengthen Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services

CMS Releases Summaries of States’ Activities to Strengthen Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released summaries of state spending plans related to section 9817 of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARP). Section 9817 provides a temporary 10 percentage point increase to the federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP) for certain Medicaid expenditures for home and community-based services (HCBS). States are expected to use the increased… (Marceno, January 5, 2024) #Home Health, #Long-Term Care, #Workforce