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CMS Proposes New Medicaid Managed Care Rules

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued a long-awaited proposal to update its Medicaid managed care...
May 31, 2015Dan Berland

CMS Revises Waiver Technical Guide

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has posted a revision of the “Instructions, Technical Guide and Review...
April 14, 2015Dan Berland

SCOTUS Holds Providers Cannot Sue Over Medicaid Rates

In a 5-4 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that developmental disability service providers cannot sue to force...
April 1, 2015Dan Berland

House and Senate Budget Resolutions Include Medicaid Block Grant Proposals

The House and the Senate budget resolutions for FY2016 propose to cut spending on Medicaid, food stamps and, eventually,...
March 20, 2015Dan Berland

CMS Posts Guidance to Transition Plan Reviewers on HCBS Web Page

CMS has posted a document entitled “HCBS Basic Element Review Tool for Statewide Transition Plans and HCBS Content Review...
March 9, 2015Dan Berland

CMS Provides NASDDDS with Important HCBS Rule Clarifications

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has responded in writing to a letter from NASDDDS asking for...
February 19, 2015Dan Berland

CMS Revises ICF/IID Interpretive Guidelines

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has revised the Intermediate Care Facilities for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities...
February 13, 2015Dan Berland

Obama Releases 2016 Budget Proposal

The President has released his Fiscal Year 2016 Budget. The plan reverses sequestration cuts and focuses on the needs...
February 11, 2015Dan Berland

US District Court Vacates Most of Home Care Rule

A US District Court has issued an order vacating the narrowed companionship definition in the Department of Labor’s (DOL’s)...
January 14, 2015Dan Berland

GAO Reports on DOL Home Care Rule

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has delivered a report to Congress examining the likely impact of the Department of...
December 31, 2014Jeanine Zlockie

Court Strikes Down Third Party Employer Provision of Home Care Rule

The United States District Court for the District of Columbia has issued a partial summary judgment on two pieces...
December 31, 2014Jeanine Zlockie

Update on DOL Home Care Rule

DOJ and HHS issued a joint letter signaling that states who cap direct support professionals’ (DSP’s) hours in response...
December 20, 2014Dan Berland

CMS Issues Non-Residential Guidance

CMS has released  two new guidance documents: "Exploratory Questions to Assist States in Assessment of Non-Residential Home and Community-Based...
December 17, 2014Dan Berland

GAO Reports on DOL Home Care Rule

GAO has delivered a report to Congress examining the likely impact of DOL’s Home Care Rule. GAO examined (1)...
December 17, 2014Dan Berland

CMS Releases Final Elements of HCBS Toolkit

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December 17, 2014Jeanine Zlockie

DOL Announces Time-Limited Non-Enforcement of Home Care Rule

DOL has announced a time-limited non-enforcement policy toward the Home Care Final Rule. From January 1, 2015 to June...
October 7, 2014Dan Berland

CMS Releases FAQ on Autism Guidance

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has published an FAQ discussing its recent Informational Bulletin on approaches...
September 29, 2014Dan Berland

CMS Releases HCBS Transition Plan Guidance

On Friday the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the latest iteration of the Center for Medicaid...
September 9, 2014Dan Berland

NRCPDS Releases FLSA Tool Kit

The National Resource Center for Participant Directed Services (NRCPDS) has released a Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) Home Care...
September 5, 2014Dan Berland

CMS Bulletin Clarifies Medicaid Funding for ASD Services for Children and Adults

A CMS Informational Bulletin describes Medicaid authorities for providing Autism Spectrum Disorder services to children and adults. The Bulletin...
July 9, 2014Dan Berland