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- May 5, 2015
Medicaid Assessments for Long-Term Supports & Services (LTSS)
Read moreLong-term care needs assessments serve a vital role in Medicaid. For individuals with disabilities and older adults, needs assessments are used to determine eligibility for both institutional and home and community-based services (HCBS). The assessment process establishes the type and extent of an individual's care needs, which inform the…
- April 16, 2015
Q&A: Person Centered Planning Changes
Read moreDue to regulatory changes and guidance issued over the past year, states should have evaluated and likely changed their person-centered planning process for home and community-based services. This Q&A focuses less on the regulatory changes and more on the important features of the current requirements for person-centered planning and…
- April 9, 2015
Fact Sheet – IRS Updated Guidance on HCBS Difficulty of Care Payments
Read moreLast year, the IRS announced that payments received by in-home, individual care providers under Medicaid Home and Community Based (HCBS) waiver programs can be treated as "difficulty of care" payments and excluded from the care provider's gross income. In a recently updated Q&A, the IRS clarifies that payments from…
- March 10, 2015
Common Issues, Model Comments & State Samples for HCBS Transition Plans: A Tool for Continued Advocacy
Read moreAdvocacy on State Transition Plans for compliance with the recent HCBS regulations on community settings is ongoing from comments on draft and final plans to implementation issues and plan revisions. This document identifies common issues in transition plans, model comments for those issues, and a compilation of comments from…
- December 11, 2014
NHeLP Matters – December 2014
Read moreWelcome to the year's final edition of NHeLP Matters. In the past 12 months, we have fought for the health care rights of low-income people and individuals with disabilities in Washington and beyond. Learn more about our work advancing reproductive health, protecting Medicaid and bringing together advocates and policy…
