An independent federal agency is warning President Joe Biden and Congress that urgent action is needed to shore up the nation’s home and community-based services system. A report from the National ...

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has released the first-ever home- and community-based services quality measure set to promote consistent quality measurement within and across state ...

Home and Community Based Services, opens a new website HCBS, are services for people with disabilities, funded by Medicaid. HCBS are an alternative to long-term residential institutions for people ...

US lawmakers should prioritize support for home and community-based services for older people as part of the negotiations on infrastructure bills under way in Congress, Human Rights Watch said today.

Federal officials are reshaping the rules surrounding Medicaid home and community-based services for people with disabilities in an effort to improve access and strengthen the direct support ...

As policymakers in Washington, D.C., consider the future of essential disability services in West Virginia, it is imperative that we recognize their profound value. Protecting and expanding HCBS is ...

Federal regulators and policy makers have increasingly coaxed long-term care patients and services to migrate more to home- and community-based settings in recent years. Now it’s time to allow ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - Home of the Innocents’ Vice President - Community-Based Services & Prevention Programs Jennifer Mullins joins Maira Ansari during Mental Health Month, to highlight their ...

The Biden administration, in partnership with the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Innovation (CMMI), recently announced a new model program to ...

North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services office complex at Dorothea Dix Park North Carolinians with intellectual and developmental disabilities can expect changes in access to ...

The Minnesota Department of Human Services recently issued a two-year moratorium on home and community-based services ...

This study explores the differences in emotional well-being associated with: attending caregiver support services and the perceived need for caregiver support services. The National Survey of Older ...