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MACPAC Issues Brief on Implementation of the Home- and Community Based Services (HCBS) Settings Rule
MACPAC issued a brief in December with input from NASDDDS outlining the implementation of the HCBS settings rule to...
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January 9, 2020
cmcgraw@nasddds.org
CMS Plans TA Visits on STPs
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is initiating visits to offer technical assistance to states regarding the State...
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August 29, 2019
Dan Berland
CMS Revises Guidance on Heightened Scrutiny for New Construction
CMS has revised guidance regarding heightened scrutiny under the HCBS Rule and new construction. States may now submit a...
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August 29, 2019
Dan Berland
NCI recommended as a LTSS Measure for the 2019-20 Medicaid Adult CORE Measure set
What Great News! National Core Indicators (NCITM) has been formally recommended as a Long Term Services and Supports measure...
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May 10, 2019
Jeanine Zlockie
CMS Releases Guidance on Heightened Scrutiny
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued a set of responses to Frequently Asked Questions...
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April 4, 2019
Jeanine Zlockie
Pennsylvania Receives Waiver Amendment Approvals
The Pennsylvania Office of Developmental Programs (ODP) received approvals of amendments to the ID/A waivers.
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October 31, 2018
Jeanine Zlockie
CMS Approves Two Waiver Renewals For Pa. with Big Changes to Day and Employment Supports
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services have approved ODP’s Consolidated and Person/Family Directed Support (PFDS)...
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August 10, 2017
Jeanine Zlockie
Maryland Proposing New Community Supports Waiver
Maryland Developmental Disabilities Administration (DDA) has designed a new Family Supports Waiver program that will provide individual and family...
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August 10, 2017
Jeanine Zlockie
Colorado Passes Bill Changing State Statute to Allow Additional Case Management Entities
The Colorado Office of Community Living is implementing conflict free case management through a bill passed through both chambers...
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June 9, 2017
Jeanine Zlockie
CMS Announces Additional 3 Years to Comply with HCBS Regulations
CMS released an informational bulletin noting that states will have an additional three years (until 2022) to comply with...
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May 9, 2017
Jeanine Zlockie
Toolkit to Assess Federal Medicaid Proposal
The State Health and Value Strategies Program and Manatt Health developed a toolkit to assist states in assessing the...
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April 3, 2017
Jeanine Zlockie
CMS Administrator Verma, HHS Secretary Price Issue Statement to Governors on Medicaid Flexibility
New Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Seema Verma and U.S. Department of Health and...
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April 3, 2017
Jeanine Zlockie
Four GOP Governors Call for New Approach to Medicaid Reform
Four GOP governors wrote congressional leaders saying that the AHCA’S approach to Medicaid would not work for states and...
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March 20, 2017
Dan Berland
CMS Administrator Verma, HHS Secretary Price Issue Statement to Governors on Medicaid Flexibility
The letter outlines a vision of enhanced flexibility for states and mentions "reasonable timelines" for HCBS rule implementation.
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March 20, 2017
Dan Berland
CMS Issues Guidance on Wandering Behavior in HCBS Settings
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has released a set of FAQs that discuss strategies to ensure...
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January 3, 2017
Jeanine Zlockie
CMS RFI Seeks Input on Expanding HCBS
CMS has issued a RFI with a broad request for additional reforms and policy options to accelerate the...
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November 16, 2016
Dan Berland
Nebraska Holding “Let’s Talk Tour”
Nebraska is holding a “Let’s Talk Tour designed to gain additional stakeholder input on services to be provided through the...
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October 21, 2016
Jeanine Zlockie
CMS Suggests Approaches for Strengthening Home Care Workforce
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued an Informational Bulletin (IB) that “highlights steps available to states,...
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September 9, 2016
Jeanine Zlockie
California Finds Teaching In-Home Caregiving Model Beneficial
California initiated a pilot program, training individuals providing in-home supports in CPR and first aid, as well infection control,...
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September 8, 2016
Jeanine Zlockie
Illinois Initiates HCBS-ACT Project
The Home and Community Based Services - Advocates Creating Transformation (HCBS-ACT) project will train people with developmental disabilities, their...
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September 8, 2016
Jeanine Zlockie
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