Citing The Pandemic, Feds Delay New Medicaid Waiver Rule

20th July, 2020

24 July 2020, COVID, News, Newsletter

[Source: Disability Scoop]

The Trump administration is holding off on implementing a Medicaid rule establishing a new standard for what counts as home- and community-based services for people with disabilities.

In a letter to state Medicaid officials this week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services said it would delay the compliance deadline for a 2014 regulation detailing criteria that programs must meet in order to be considered community-based and eligible to be paid for through Medicaid home- and community-based services waivers.

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