From SAMHSA's Weekly Financing News Pulse: National Edition - February 25, 2011: On February 22, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) awarded 13 states a total of $45 million for community-based Medicaid services demonstration projects.  Part of the Money Follows the Person program, the 2011 grants will finance demonstration projects in which states move Medicaid beneficiaries from nursing homes and other institutional settings into community-based care.  The recipient states are Colorado, Florida, Idaho, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Mississippi, Nevada, New Mexico, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Vermont, and West Virginia.  The same day, HHS officials proposed rules that would award states increased federal matching funds for home and community-based services (HCBS).  Under the proposed rules, states would receive a 6 percent increase in federal Medicaid matching funds for home and community-based Medicaid services.  Slated to take effect in October, federal officials say the rules would provide up to $3.7 billion through 2014.  HHS is accepting comments on the rules for 60 days.