The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed a rule which would enable states to make payments to third parties on behalf of certain individual health care practitioners, including home care workers and personal care assistants. These changes would make it easier for those workers to obtain and retain health insurance, training, and other employee benefits, fulfilling a key promise made by President Biden on the campaign trail to support home care workers. The rule, if finalized, would foster a stable and qualified health care workforce by making it easier for such practitioners to access benefits customary for full-time employees.

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