…Services Final Regulation (HCBS Settings Rule). The HCBS Settings Rule lays out the minimum standards for home and community based services providers. The HCBS Settings Rule is in effect. We…
…standards the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid and Services (CMS) mandated in its January 2014 Final Rule on HCBS settings. Under the new rule, residential HCBS settings must be integrated…
…HCBS settings rule clearly prohibits use of HCBS funding in settings, such as sheltered workshops, that fail to provide individuals with disabilities with full opportunities for competitive, integrated employment. The…
…got money meant for HCBS. This wasn’t fair! The HCBS Settings Rule says what services are HCBS. It also says what services are not HCBS. It says people getting HCBS…
…in the community. But without a clear federal standard for what “HCBS” meant, people were spending years on waiting lists for HCBS waivers, only to receive services that were indistinguishable…
…for LTSS. Long term services and supports (LTSS) are called home and community-based services (HCBS services) when you get them in your community. Most people with disabilities want good HCBS…
…institution. HCBS programs and HCBS providers do have to follow some rules. In particular, they have to follow the Home and Community-based Settings Rule (HCBS Settings Rule). We talk a…
…it preferable to see a regulation that precluded provider-owned or controlled residential settings from receiving HCBS funds at all under the HCBS program. However, we acknowledge that compliance with such…
ASAN Toolkit on Improving Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) ASAN has published a toolkit for advocates, families and administrators on how to ensure that people with disabilities receive Medicaid-funded Home…
This Q&A provides an overview of the requirements of 2014 federal regulations that any setting receiving Medicaid home and community-based services (HCBS) funding must have certain community qualities and not…
