Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Acumen Fiscal Agent has served various populations, including self-direction participant employers. As highlighted in the 2023 National Inventory of Self-Directed Long-Term Services & Supports, the expansion of self-direction nationwide was accelerated by several factors, with the creation of temporary emergency Medicaid waivers by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) […]

The 2023 National Inventory of Self-Directed Long-Term Services and Supports (LTSS) and the 2023 LTSS State Scorecard were recently released through a collaboration between AARP, The Commonwealth Fund, The John A. Hartford Foundation, and the Scan Foundation. This extensive inventory overviews publicly funded self-directed LTSS over the last three years. It explores data such as […]

In March 2020, significant changes were made to state Medicaid and child health insurance programs (CHIP) that would allow families to receive much-needed healthcare insurance during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) authorized these temporary changes and required states that received federal health insurance funding to maintain continuous enrollment during the […]