Long-standing workforce challenges in Medicaid home care (also known as home- and community-based services or HCBS) impact care for the over 5 million people who use these services. Shortages and high ...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services reported in 2024 that Medicaid’s improper payment rate over the previous three years was less than 5.1%. A health policy analyst who worked for the White ...

The continuing growth in states’ Medicaid programs has placed a severe financial strain on state budgets. In fiscal year 2024, Medicaid was the largest category of total state spending, consuming 29.8 ...

Over the course of the past four presidential administrations, the use of Medicaid 1115 waivers to address beneficiary health-related social needs has grown. At this time, twenty-five waiver projects ...

Medicaid long-term care is a set of Medicaid programs that help eligible older adults pay for ongoing medical and personal ...