CMS Toolkit Focuses On Helping States Rebalance Long-Term Care Systems Toward HCBS

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released a toolkit intended to help state Medicaid agencies rebalance their long-term care systems to decrease reliance on institutional settings and increase capacity for home and community-based services (HCBS). The tools focus on helping states strengthen their infrastructure and develop robust HCBS for eligible Medicaid beneficiaries. CMS believes that nursing homes are an important part of a complete care continuum, however, they also believe that many elderly individuals and their families should have access to HCBS as an option.

The toolkit provides states with examples of innovative state models and . . .