CMS Sinks $2B Into Rebalancing Toward Home
Published on Tue Jul 27, 2010
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is putting another $2.25 billion toward keeping Medicare beneficiaries at home and out of institutions. CMS will give the grants as part of the Money Follows the Person Rebalancing (MFP) Demonstration, the agency says in a release. Groups including the elderly are eligible for transition to the home under the grants. "States receiving a MFP grant award will focus on re-balancing their long-term care systems needs by increasing the use of home and community- based services and decreasing the use of institutional care," CMS notes.