Home Health & Hospice Week
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West Coast State Expands HCBS Offerings
Published on Fri Mar 08, 2024
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has given a green light to a new HCBS demonstration project in Oregon. CMS approved the new section 1115 demonstration, Oregon Project Independence — Medicaid, which “will enable the state to receive federal financial participation (FFP) to provide a limited set of home- and community-based services (HCBS) to older adults or adults with disabilities,” the agency says in a release. “The demonstration will provide supports to meet these individuals’ health needs while also sustaining the needs of their caregivers,” CMS adds.
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