Home Health Care News May 3, 2024
When the “Ensuring Access to Medicaid Services” rule was finalized last week, the 80-20 provision stole the show, due to its unpopularity among home-based care leaders. But experts have pointed out that the rule is much more than just the 80-20 provision.
“The rule, including the preamble, was over 1,000 pages, and I joke that it’s being reduced to less than 1,000 characters,” Georgia Goodman, director of Medicaid at LeadingAge, told Home Health Care News.
Despite the response to the 80-20 provision, the rule can be seen as largely positive, according to Damon Terzaghi, director of medicaid advocacy at the National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC).
“Roughly, 90% of the rule is beneficial, and a good step forward...
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