Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) is the only federally-funded program that covers the full range of supports older adults and people with disabilities need “Fact Sheet: Home and Community-Based Services Federal Legislative Update”
Category: Home & Community Based Services
Fact Sheet: Make the Medicaid Money Follows the Person Program Permanent
Most older adults say they want to remain at home as they age. An important federal program and rule help make this possible: the Medicaid “Fact Sheet: Make the Medicaid Money Follows the Person Program Permanent”
Lawsuit Says Mass. Residents Unnecessarily Institutionalized in Nursing Homes Should Have Options for Independent Living
Boston Globe: Lawsuit Says Mass. Residents Unnecessarily Institutionalized in Nursing Homes Should Have Options for Independent Living (October 11, 2022) Six Massachusetts residents with disabilities “Lawsuit Says Mass. Residents Unnecessarily Institutionalized in Nursing Homes Should Have Options for Independent Living”
Most Older Adults Want to Live at Home. Here’s How California Can Make it Easier
California Health Report: Most Older Adults Want to Live at Home. Here’s How California Can Make it Easier (September 27, 2022) Three weeks after her “Most Older Adults Want to Live at Home. Here’s How California Can Make it Easier”
Stuck in place: How older adults end up trapped inside their own homes
San Francisco Chronicle: Stuck in place: How older adults end up trapped inside their own homes (September 24, 2022) Seven months ago, Betty Gray could “Stuck in place: How older adults end up trapped inside their own homes”
Free Webinar: Beyond Spending—Measuring California’s Progress Towards Equitable HCBS
This webinar took place on Tuesday, September 27, 2022 at 11:00 a.m. PT. Over the last couple decades, California has put significant resources into rebalancing “Free Webinar: Beyond Spending—Measuring California’s Progress Towards Equitable HCBS”
Lawsuit Against Trump-Era Rule Turns into Nationwide Class Action
Connecticut News Junkie: Lawsuit Against Trump-Era Rule Turns into Nationwide Class Action (August 29, 2022) Low-income disabled and older adults in Connecticut, Delaware, and Nebraska “Lawsuit Against Trump-Era Rule Turns into Nationwide Class Action”
Medicaid Enrollees Cut off Critical Health Benefits During COVID Public Health Emergency Due to Lawless Trump Administration Regulation Seek Nationwide Class Certification and Injunction
Media Contact: Bernard Kavaler for Disability Rights Connecticut: 860-729-3021 bernard@express-strategies.com Five Plaintiffs from Three States seek to represent others affected throughout the U.S. and ask “Medicaid Enrollees Cut off Critical Health Benefits During COVID Public Health Emergency Due to Lawless Trump Administration Regulation Seek Nationwide Class Certification and Injunction”
Issue Brief: Beyond Spending—Measuring California’s Progress Towards Equitable HCBS
Many aging adults and people with disabilities will need support and assistance throughout their lifetimes. Medicaid (or Medi-Cal in California) is an important payer for “Issue Brief: Beyond Spending—Measuring California’s Progress Towards Equitable HCBS”
Two Women with Disabilities Receive Temporary Reprieve
Connecticut News Junkie: Two Women with Disabilities Receive Temporary Reprieve (August 15, 2022) Two Connecticut women with disabilities who sued the U.S. Department of Health “Two Women with Disabilities Receive Temporary Reprieve”
