Home Health Care News April 7, 2021
As part of the recently passed $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan, state Medicaid programs have seemingly received a major bump in funding for vital home- and community-based services (HCBS).
In theory, the bump is designed to help HCBS operators expand their services, attract new workers and take on more clients. Still, some in-home care providers and other experts have raised questions about the applicability of the new law.
Specifically, the home- and community-based services provision in the American Rescue Plan — the COVID-19 relief package that President Joe Biden signed into law on March 11 — began at the start of April. The provision raises the federal matching rate for Medicaid HCBS spending by 10% from April 1 of 2021...
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