The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is continuing the training series on the home- and community-based services (HCBS) provisions of the
Medicaid Access Rule. CMS is hosting training sessions on several key provisions of the access rule, including:
- May 14, 2025, at 2 PM CT: Timely Access, Waiting Lists, Person Centered Planning Reporting Requirements & Minimum Performance Levels, and Website Requirements
- June 11, 2025, at 2 PM CT: Institutional Rule Provisions*
*Nursing facility and intermediate care facilities for individuals with intellectual disabilities rate transparency provisions finalized in CMS-3442-F: Medicare and Medicaid.
A Zoom link will be provided following registration. When you register, select all the training dates you would like to attend from the checklist. You can register for one or multiple training dates.
These trainings are open to states, state associations, advocates, health care and HCBS providers, and other partners who work with Medicaid or HCBS.
Information including recording and slides for previous trainings on the following topics can be found
here. These include payment adequacy, incident management systems and critical incident reporting, HCBS Quality Measure Set, and grievance systems.