Medicaid — Home and Community Based Waiver

Kaiser Medicaid Timeline                       Kaiser Medicaid Benefit Database

• New Kaiser Briefs on HCBS (September 2009)
  • Advancing Access to HCBS
  • Efforts in State to Promote Medicaid CBS
• HCBS Promsing Practice entitled, "Lessons Learned from Using a Health Information Technology Program that Combines Claims-Level Data with Service-Level Data" (September 2009)

• Introduction to Olmstead Lawsuits and Olmstead Plans (February 2009)

• Kaiser: Interactive Map of State-by-State 1915(c) Home and Community-Based Services Waiver Data (February 2009)

• PASC: Home and Community-Based Services: Public Policies to Improve Access, Cost, and Quality (January 2009)

• Kerry/Grassley “Empowered at Home Act” (August 14, 2008)

  • Text of S.3327- The Empowered at Home Act
• State Medicaid Directors' Letter: Expanded Access to Home and Community-Based Services for the Elderly and Disabled (April 16, 2008)
  • Similarities and Differences Between HCBS Waivers and State Plan HCBS
• Iowa First State to Use DRA HCBS Option in State Plan (April 5, 2007)