Stakeholders Upset Over Delayed Guidance On HCBS Matching Funds

By Maya Goldman / May 7, 2021 at 5:27 PM
Stakeholders are frustrated that CMS has not yet released guidance on how to use the increased federal Medicaid matching funds for home- and community-based services authorized through the American Rescue Plan, over a month after the one-year funding period began. One stakeholder suspects the delay in Chiquita Brooks-LaSure's confirmation as CMS administrator could be contributing to the slow movement. The ARP authorized a 10-percentage point FMAP increase for HCBS. The funding period began April 1 and will end March 31,...


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