Maryland is the second state to receive federal approval under the Balancing Incentive Payments Program (BIPP) to shift state Medicaid spending towards community-based care. Beginning this April, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services will provide Maryland with over $106 million over three years. In return, the state will make specified programmatic changes in an attempt to increase its Medicaid funding for community-based long-term services and supports (LTSS) from 37 to 50 percent of the state’s total LTSS funding. Read More.
