Phil Galewitz

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AARP: States Lag In Keeping Medicaid Enrollees Out Of Nursing Homes

California is one of only nine states — in addition to the District of Columbia — that spent more than half of their long-term care Medicaid dollars on home- and community-based services rather than on nursing homes. The Golden State ranked 9th in the nation in the quality of its overall long-term care services, up from 15th six years ago.

CMS Chief To Sit Out Watershed Decision On Medicaid Work Mandate In Kentucky

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Seema Verma will recuse herself from the agency’s decision-making on whether to approve Kentucky’s Medicaid waiver because she helped develop the proposal in her former job as a health policy consultant.