Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: Medicaid Program; Home & Community-Based Services Waivers

June 22, 2009 This advance notice of proposed rulemaking announces the intention of Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to publish proposed amendments to the regulations implementing Medicaid home and community-based services waivers under section 1915(c) of the Social Security Act and solicits advance public comments on the merits of providing states the option to combine or eliminate the existing three permitted waiver targeting groups, and on the most effective means to define home and community. CMS is particularly interested in receiving comments on how removal of the existing regulatory barrier regarding target groups may increase a . . .