Medicaid Home- and Community-Based Services: Evaluating Covid-19 Response Could Help CMS Prepare for Future Emergencies

Article Publication Date:

9/8/2021

Summary:

States received approval for temporary changes to their HCBS programs from CMS, within the Department of Health and Human Services to enable states to limit in-person contact to reduce the spread of COVID-19. This GAO report describes the temporary changes to Medicaid HCBS programs and examines CMS’s monitoring and evaluation of the effects of those changes.

Article Author:

U.S Government Accountability Office

Topics:

Long Term Services and Supports; Medicaid

COVID-19

HCBS Medicaid

Types/Tools:

Reports

Populations:

Advocates; Aging/Older Adults; Caregivers; Children and Families; Developmental/Intellectual Disabilities; Physical Disabilities; Psychiatric Disabilities/Mental Illness

Sources:

U.S Government Accountability Office (GAO)