Health Affairs May 13, 2024
In recent years, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has opened the door for states to use Medicaid funding to cover an array of services that support people in getting and keeping housing, from case management services and navigation help to identify housing options to coverage of up to six months of rent as a bridge to long-term housing subsidies such as Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) vouchers. These efforts are part of a broader initiative to advance the use of Medicaid funds to address a wide array of health-related social needs, underscored by CMS’s November 2023 release of guidance and a framework describing allowable services and supports.
Among the states leading the way in this...
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