CMS Proposes Cash Allowance To Let Beneficiaries Hire Personal Care Workers
The proposed regulation would implement a provision from the 2005 Deficit Reduction Act that lets states choose to provide care in ways that previously required a waiver from CMS. States must have an existing personal care services benefit or be operating a home- or community-based service waiver program before allowing Medicaid beneficiaries to be eligible for the cash allowance.
Acting CMS Administrator Kerry Weems said, "As health care is not simply an economic transition, this proposal represents a fundamental shift that restores a person's ability to improve their overall health by taking greater control of his or her own decisions."
Notice of the proposed rule will appear in the Jan. 18 Federal Register, and the 30-day comment period ends Feb. 19 (CQ HealthBeat, 1/14).
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