E&C Spars Over Worker Pay Provisions In CMS’ HCBS Access Rule

House Energy & Commerce Committee members scuffled over a new home and community-based services rule that sets a baseline for Medicaid payments to direct care workers -- and the impact the rule will have on access to care -- during a committee hearing Tuesday (April 30). The hearing hinged on about a dozen bills aimed at ensuring access to Medicaid services. Many bills were bipartisan, but a handful, including Rep. Kat Cammack (R-FL)’s bill to block a new CMS final...