CMS: States Can Give HCBS Providers Additional Retainer Payments

By Maya Goldman / May 14, 2021 at 5:58 PM
CMS released guidance Thursday (May 13) that authorizes states to offer up to three additional 30-day periods of retainer payments for home- and community-based services providers in calendar year 2021 if they choose to do so. States can make Medicaid retainer payments to an HCBS provider to help the provider maintain capacity while they're not able to provide services. The practice was authorized in 2000 as a way to create parity between HCBS and nursing homes, which can receive bed-hold...

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