CMCS Informational Bulletin: Self-Direction Program Options For Medicaid Payments In The Implementation Of The Fair Labor Standards Act Regulation Changes

In this document released in July 2014, the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) discussed options open to state Medicaid plans for revising their reimbursement methodologies for self-directed home-and community-based services (HCBS) programs. The revisions are needed to bring the programs into compliance with a new federal rule that extends minimum wage and overtime pay protection of the Fair Labor Standards Act to home care workers and paid caregivers . . .