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Since CMS began talking about setting standards to ensure access to services (by setting standards for payment for direct care staff) in 2022/23, the proposal for “Payment Adequacy and Transparency” has thought to mitigate the direct dare workforce shortages by requiring that “at least 80% of Medicaid payments in a state for homemaker, home health […]

The draft (until they are approved by the DBHDS Board at their next meeting) minutes from the September Board Meeting have been posted along with the written comment presented to the Board by Colleen Miller of dCLV.  Rather than describe them here, I have attached the relevant sections for your review. Regulatory Affairs Report dCLV […]

The DBHDS Board approved with some changes the proposed regulations (for both children’s residential and adult services) at their meeting on September 23rd.   These regulations are to be in effect, without comment, by 1 December – they are posted below.  This does not imply that you must be ready with policies in place, or schedules […]

Presentation by DMAS to the Joint Commission on Health Care First, kudos to Sara Cariano from DMAS who did a masterful job of putting a very complex issue into understandable terms!   And also to Delegate Cia Price, whose comment about feeling like she was back in the first day of Calculus II, made us all […]

Decision Briefs are the “tool” used by State Agencies to communicate their list of priorities for the Governor’s Budget.  While they are developed by the agency, the process is certainly guided by the Administration and agencies do not go far off course in what they propose.  However, it does give us an early look at […]