HCBS Settings Rule Implementation – Moving Forward Toward March 2023 & Beyond

On May 19, 2022, the U.S. Centers for Medicaid & Medicare Services published this report regarding the future Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) settings rule implementation towards March 2023 and beyond. CMS believes this strategy will ensure implementation of important regulatory criteria related to beneficiary rights in the short-term, building upon the regulation’s person-centered service plan and planning requirements that have been in effect since 2014, while allowing for sustained state and provider organization efforts to fully implement all other settings criteria . . .