HOME HEALTH CARE NEWS: HHS Extends States’ Deadline to Utilize American Rescue Plan’s HCBS Funding
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) – through the U.S Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) – announced that states would have an additional year to use funding from the American Rescue Plan to both enhance and expand home- and community-based services. This is huge news as the federal government is committing to to further and prolonged support for Home-and-community-based services in general.