The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced that New Hampshire is the first state to receive a new Medicaid grant to expand community services for the elderly and people with disabilities.
The $26.5 million grant over three years, provided under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act's Balancing Incentive Program, will be used to prevent admissions to institutions such as nursing homes. New Hampshire will invest grant funds in home and community-based services to allow the elderly and those with disabilities to remain at home.
The grant program offers a total of $3 billion in higher Medicaid matching payments for states that currently spend less than 50 percent of their total long-term care costs on community-based options. The increased Medicaid payments must be spent on increasing the availability of long-term community-based services.
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The $26.5 million grant over three years, provided under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act's Balancing Incentive Program, will be used to prevent admissions to institutions such as nursing homes. New Hampshire will invest grant funds in home and community-based services to allow the elderly and those with disabilities to remain at home.
The grant program offers a total of $3 billion in higher Medicaid matching payments for states that currently spend less than 50 percent of their total long-term care costs on community-based options. The increased Medicaid payments must be spent on increasing the availability of long-term community-based services.
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