ANCOR: Investments Needed After Study Unveils HCBS Workforce Crisis

Home and community-based service stakeholders are continuing their press for higher reimbursement rates and training funding headed into 2024. Their push comes as recent survey results indicate the sector’s ongoing workforce crisis is causing significant dysfunction for patients seeking care as under-resourced providers continue to turn away new referrals, shutter services and grapple with turnover rates of over 40%. The American Network of Community Options and Resources, which released the survey results, recommends increasing funding for workforce initiatives , establishing...