Description: In the past two months, 35 states have rapidly amended their Medicaid home- and community-based services for older adults and their family caregivers to ensure access to long-term services and supports during the COVID-19 crisis. Overall, states are incorporating flexibilities to help Medicaid enrollees with long-term needs receive services, and some states have included flexibilities to help enrollees remain on the waivers during the emergency period.

Click here to access the resource: https://nashp.org/states-race-to-secure-home-and-community-based-services-during-covid-19/

Keywords: Medicaid; HCBS waivers