HHS awarded $25 million to Illinois, Kansas, New Hampshire, American Samoa and Puerto Rico to expand access to home- and community-based services through Medicaid’s Money Follows the Person program.

Medicaid officials are looking for ways to increase access to home and community-based services for people with disabilities and they’re asking the public to weigh in with ideas. In a notice published ...

As federal lawmakers weigh another coronavirus relief bill, disability advocates say nothing could be more important than increasing funding for home- and community-based services. A coalition of ...

QMedic reports rising demand for in-home support as families seek safe, independent living for aging loved ones; states are ...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued updated Medicaid guidance to states on administering regulations aimed at home- and community-based services (HCBS) for certain beneficiaries. In a ...

How did your business start? Splendor Developmental Services was born out of the vision of a local consultant and entrepreneur who felt the population with developmental ailments in the Roaring Fork ...

Users of Medicaid home and community-based services are particularly vulnerable to avoidable hospital admissions, generating a significant cost to Medicaid and Medicare, according to a study in Health ...

US lawmakers should prioritize support for home and community-based services for older people as part of the negotiations on infrastructure bills under way in Congress, Human Rights Watch said today.

One day last year, no nurse arrived to help me out of bed. I’m Charles, a paralyzed veteran, and without ample warning the VA-contracted, home health agency responsible for my care didn’t secure a ...

Read the survey results conducted to gain better understanding of the needs and interests of older Greene County residents. The Greene County Council on Aging partnered with the Scripps Gerontology ...

Osaka, Japan – Even if you are a lone wolf, considering some group activities may not be a bad idea, especially when it comes to healthcare. Osaka Metropolitan University scientists have found that ...

More than half a million Americans are on waiting lists to receive long-term care in their homes. Most people on these lists have intellectual and developmental disabilities and sometimes need help ...