On November 9, 2016, federal HHS/Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published “Medicaid Program; Request for Information (RFI): Federal Government Interventions To Ensure the Provision of Timely and Quality Home and Community Based Services.”  This RFI sought information and data on additional reforms and policy options that CMS can consider to accelerate the provision of home and community-based services (HCBS) to Medicaid beneficiaries taking into account issues affecting beneficiary choice and control, program integrity, rate-setting, quality infrastructure, and the homecare workforce.  The full RFI is available here. 

 

Below is the District’s response, developed in partnership by the Department of Health Care Finance (DHCF) and the Department on Disability Services (DDS).