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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The history of HCBS demonstrates that its growth is not, in fact, evidence of massive undetected fraud, but rather is based on decades of federal policy response to major demographic change, guided by ...

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 ...

Elena Hung's daughter, Xiomara, spent the first five months of her life in the neonatal intensive care unit after being born with multiple medical needs impacting her air passages and lungs. She ...

When the Senate unveiled its reconciliation package in August, service providers for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) were stunned to see additional funding for the ...

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 ...

States may provide payment for caregiving through Medicaid or the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). Eligibility requirements vary by state, and the amount of compensation depends on the state and ...

Against the backdrop of an aging population and continued workforce shortages in the senior living and care sector, two ...