Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Releases Toolkit to Accelerate State Efforts to Rebalance Long-term Care Systems

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Releases Toolkit to Accelerate State Efforts to Rebalance Long-term Care Systems and Enhance Home and Community-Based Services for Eligible Medicaid Beneficiaries | site |



(November 2, 2020) - - Today, November 2, 2020, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services published the following information: The Trump Administration and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) are delivering on their commitment to foster innovation in Medicaid by providing states with new tools to help beneficiaries return home from institutional settings without sacrificing safety or quality of care. Today, CMS launched a new toolkit designed for state Medicaid agencies to strengthen their infrastructure and develop robust home and community-based services (HCBS) for eligible beneficiaries. This toolkit is the latest in a series of CMS efforts to promote high quality, person-centered HCBS to safely transition older adults and individ...