As you may be aware, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking early last month that broadly seeks to improve access to care and better address health equity issues in the Medicaid program. Entitled Ensuring Access to Medicaid Services , many provisions of the proposed rule apply to home and community-based services. ANCOR, our national association, has been taking the lead on evaluating the proposed rule, communicating its content to member organizations, gathering feedback, and developing resources to facilitate the submission of comments during the public comment period, which closes on July 3.
ANCOR’s ...