NAHC Meets with CMS Administration on Medicaid Access Proposed Rule

On Friday, July 21, 2023, the National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) and our partner organizations, including PMHC, HCAOA, and ANCOR, met with key members of the CMS Administration, including Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, Senior Advisor Hannah Katch, and Director of the Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services Daniel Tsai. During the conversation, the group discussed the Medicaid Access Proposed Rule, including provisions the associations support, challenges with implementation timelines, and the proposed 80% requirement for direct care worker compensation.

Notably, during the discussion of the 80% rule, CMS raised concerns about using state rate-setting data as a basis for analysis, citing their belief that the state reimbursement methodology may be incorporating inappropriate margins into the calculations.

NAHC and our partners will continue to collect information and data to analyze and understand the impact of the rule as well as to identify information that will help refute the misunderstanding regarding the methods used for state rate setting.

For more information about this meeting or the Access Rule, contact Damon Terzaghi, Director of Medicaid Advocacy, at [email protected]