Provider agencies and the organizations that employ direct support professionals.
Agencies · Minnesota
Minnesota's rush to revalidate Medicaid providers cut about two-thirds of 5,500 high-risk providers on May 31, 2026, leaving disability services in limbo during appeals, the Star Tribune reported.
July 29, 2026 · Disability Scoop · 1 min
Agencies · Ohio
Ohio's Department of Developmental Disabilities raised the cap on environmental accessibility adaptations from $10,000 to $15,000 per project starting July 1, 2026, pending federal approval, and added the service to the SELF waiver.
July 1, 2026 · Ohio Department of Developmental Disabilities · 1 min
Agencies · New Jersey
A New Jersey law taking effect July 1, 2026, lets the state fine I/DD providers for the first time for abuse, neglect and skipped background checks, with penalties going to a quality fund, the state said June 25.
June 25, 2026 · New Jersey Department of Human Services · 1 min
Agencies · North Dakota
An HHS inspector general audit issued June 16, 2026, found 182 instances of noncompliance at North Dakota residential habilitation settings for waiver participants with I/DD, from late background checks to broken alarms.
June 18, 2026 · HHS Office of Inspector General · 1 min
Agencies · Federal
CMS Administrator Mehmet Oz asked every state Medicaid director on April 23, 2026, to draw up two-year plans to revalidate providers, starting with high-risk ones, with HCBS and personal care in focus.
April 23, 2026 · McKnight's Home Care · 1 min
Agencies · New Hampshire
The New Hampshire Senate passed SB 670 in March 2026, a bipartisan bill that would create a Developmental Services Oversight Commission after reports of abuse and deaths, and sent it to the House.
March 27, 2026 · New Hampshire Bulletin · 1 min
Agencies · Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania's adult emergency waiting list for intellectual disability and autism services fell 31% since the 2024-25 budget, the state said March 23, 2026, crediting rate increases that raised DSP wages.
March 23, 2026 · Pennsylvania Department of Human Services · 1 min
Agencies · Research
A KFF brief published Feb. 24, 2026, says electronic visit verification already adds safeguards against Medicaid home care fraud and warns that a new CMS spending dataset could mislead.
February 24, 2026 · KFF · 1 min
Agencies · Indiana
Indiana's Family Supports waiver changes, approved by CMS and effective for services on or after Jan. 1, 2026, require DSPs to be on the state registry and add hourly shift notes, the state announced Jan. 22, 2026.
January 22, 2026 · Indiana Health Coverage Programs · 1 min
Agencies · Minnesota
Minnesota announced in December 2025 a two-year moratorium on new disability group homes and programs run by HCBS providers, as part of a fraud crackdown that providers say blindsided them.
December 5, 2025 · Minnesota Star Tribune · 1 min
Agencies · Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania's 2025-26 budget, signed in November 2025 after a months-long impasse, funds only about 6% of the state's home-based care workers, the Pennsylvania Homecare Association says.
November 17, 2025 · Home Health Care News · 1 min
Agencies · Washington
Nearly four weeks into the federal shutdown that began Oct. 1, 2025, some disability organizations were scaling back, while Social Security, SSI and Medicaid home care funding continued.
October 28, 2025 · Disability Scoop · 1 min
Agencies · Agencies
In June 2025, Texana Center, a major Houston-area I/DD provider, said it would close all 14 of its group homes over several months, displacing about 50 people, the Houston Chronicle reported.
June 16, 2025 · Houston Chronicle · 1 min
Agencies · Agencies
On March 27, 2025, HHS announced a restructuring that would cut about 10,000 jobs and move Administration for Community Living programs for older adults and people with disabilities into other HHS agencies.
March 27, 2025 · U.S. Department of Health and Human Services · 1 min
Agencies · Agencies
On Jan. 29, 2025, the White House budget office rescinded a memo ordering a pause in federal grants and loans, after the order caused confusion over Medicaid and Medicaid payment portals went down, according to Disability Scoop.
January 29, 2025 · Disability Scoop · 1 min
Agencies · Agencies
On Dec. 4, 2024, the Labor Department proposed phasing out Section 14(c) certificates that let employers pay workers with disabilities below minimum wage, affecting about 40,000 workers at 801 employers.
December 4, 2024 · Federal Register (89 FR 96466) · 1 min
Agencies · Agencies
Oklahoma's Developmental Disabilities Services division reported in November 2024 that the wait for services had fallen from 13 years to two after the Legislature put $32.5 million toward ending the waitlist in 2022.
November 14, 2024 · KOSU · 1 min
Agencies · Agencies
Oklahoma Human Services announced on Oct. 3, 2024, that Developmental Disabilities Services provider rates rose 10% to 25% effective Oct. 1, 2024, and In-Home Supports Waiver limits rose 25%.
October 3, 2024 · Oklahoma Human Services · 1 min
Agencies · Agencies
The Los Angeles Times reported on Aug. 20, 2024, that California's 21 regional centers returned more than $978 million in unspent disability service funds to the state in 2021-22, up from $108 million in 2018-19.
August 20, 2024 · Los Angeles Times · 1 min
Agencies · Agencies
In November 2023, ANCOR warned that the Labor Department's proposed overtime rule, which would raise the salary threshold to about $55,000, could cost disability providers $1.05 billion in its first year, citing an Avalere analysis.
November 13, 2023 · Avalere Health memo to ANCOR · 1 min
Agencies · Agencies
On Aug. 2, 2023, CMS automatically extended states' COVID-era Appendix K waiver flexibilities to the later of Nov. 11, 2023, or the date permanent 1915(c) waiver amendments take effect, with no state action required.
August 2, 2023 · CMS Medicaid bulletin · 1 min
Agencies · Agencies
On March 17, 2023, the deadline arrived for states to bring Medicaid home and community-based settings into compliance with the 2014 federal settings rule, after two extensions and with nearly all states on corrective action plans.
March 17, 2023 · Federal Register (79 FR 2948) · 1 min