State Resources to Increase Direct Care Worker Wages

The National Governor’s Association (NGA) published a paper examining Medicaid policy vehicles that states can use to increase direct care worker wages. The paper provides a summary of state approaches to increase direct care worker wages with a focus on those that have reporting requirements, enforcement vehicles, or other mechanisms to help ensure funds go to intended recipients working in facility and HCBS settings.

Read the paper at https://www.nga.org/publications/addressing-wages-of-the-direct-care-workforce-through-medicaid-policies/