Thousands More Medicaid Enrollees Could Get Home And Community-Based Care Under New Rule

Thousands of Medicaid beneficiaries who were previously limited to receiving care in an institutional setting may now be given the option to receive that care in their homes and communities, under a proposed rule published by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). The Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 (DRA) gave states a new option to provide home-and-community based services (HCBS) to Medicaid beneficiaries without applying for a demonstration waiver.

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Filed under: Medicare / Medicaid / Tricare on April 2nd, 2008