Here are four insights:
1. The extension gives states more time to launch plans to help elderly and disabled people receive Medicaid services without requiring them to go into nursing homes.
2. The Obama administration set the standards in 2014. The initial deadline was 2019 until CMS’ most recent decision.
3. Various states have faced challenges improving care for the disabled due to insufficient funding and political difficulties that correlated with providers.
4. Gary Blumenthal, CEO of the Association of Developmental Disabilities Providers, supported the delay, telling KHN the rule was “a victory for the status quo and for states reluctant to embrace the [new standards].”
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