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 ...

The Biden administration is calling on Congress to expand access to home and community-based care services covered by Medicaid as part of a multi-billion dollar investment in the "care economy." The ...

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 ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. In 1981, Congress amended the Social Security Act to help millions of disabled people ...

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 ...

A new study, released ahead of print by Health Affairs, compared trends in the size of this workforce with data on Medicaid HCBS participation between 2008 and 2019 and found that the workforce grew ...