Thursday, April 14, 2016

CMS releases FAQs

This week the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released additional Frequently Asked Questions on implementation activities associated with the home and community-based services final regulation.

Specifically, guidance is provided on how CMS will review requests to build new settings in categories that are presumed to be institutional in nature. The guidance also identifies the components of person-centered planning regulatory requirements that are in effect now and those that are part of the home and community-based settings transition period in effect through March 2019.

This information is part of an ongoing effort to assist states in meeting regulatory requirements for residential and non-residential home and community-based settings.

The full Home and community-based services (HCBS) toolkit, including the updated portions, is available online here. 

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