MEDICAID: CMS Should Take Additional Steps To Improve Assessments Of Individuals’ Needs for Home & Community-Based Services

This report was released on December 14, 2017, by the federal Government Accountability Office (GAO). The report focuses on how the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) prevents case management conflicts of interest in state Medicaid home- and community-based services (HCBS) waiver programs. The goal is that HCBS waiver case management services and the direct supportive services should be provided by two separate organizations. For this report, the GAO reviewed six states: Connecticut, Kentucky, Minnesota, New York, North Carolina, and Washington . . .