McKnightâs Senior Living August 15, 2022
The number of state Medicaid waiver programs covering around-the-clock home- and community-based services like those provided by assisted living communities has grown over the past couple of decades, according to an analysis of data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services published in the August issue of Health Affairs.
Covered by waiver programs in 27 states in 1998, around-the-clock HCBS were covered in 40 states in 2020. The high point in recent years was 2010, when 41 states offered such services.
The analysis, looked at trends in Medicaid HCBS Section 1915(c) waivers and Section 1115 demonstration projects targeting older adults between 1998 and 2020. For purposes of the analysis, Washington, DC, was treated as a state.
Overall, the authors...
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