DISABILITY SCOOP: Feds Push Forward With New Medicaid Waiver Rule
Federal officials say they are moving forward with implementing a Medicaid rules that standardizes what counts as home-and-community-based services for people with disabilities. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services came up with a strategy to enforce the 2014 regulation that lays out criteria programs must meet in order to be community based and eligible for funding. The rule requires settings must be where people choose to be and have full access to the community.
