Home healthcare companies must spend 80% of Medicaid payments on workers' wages under new rule

AUSTIN (KXAN) -- The federal government will require home healthcare companies to pay workers more.The "Ensuring Access to Medicaid Services” rule, finalized by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services this week, requires at least 80% of Medicaid payments for home care services go to workers’ wages, as opposed to administrative overhead or other costs. According to the White House announcement on Monday, more than seven million seniors and people with disabilities rely o