As with California, other states are experiencing more nursing home eviction abuses fueled by the disparity between Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement rates. NPR story looks at Maryland and Illinois, where inappropriate evictions and hospital dumping of residents are on the rise.
The looming Senate vote this week on its draconian health care bill could have a devastating impact on hundreds of thousands of Californians who rely on Medi-Cal to pay for nursing home care, in-home care and other types of long-term care services.
In a devastating turn, the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is proposing to not only terminate its short-lived ban on pre-dispute arbitration agreements in nursing homes but to endorse their use as a condition to receiving vital care and services
San Francisco, June 8, 2017 – In a devastating turn, the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is proposing to not only terminate its short-lived ban on pre-dispute arbitration agreements in nursing homes but to endorse their use as a condition to receiving vital care and services.
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Effective April 1, 2017, income limits for the Aged and Disabled Federal PovertyLevel (A&D FPL) are as follows: Single Individual: The income limit for an A&D FPL individual will be $1,235.
On 7/9/2011 a 61 year old female resident diagnosed with dementia was tied to her wheelchair with a sheet and restraint belt for five hours at night by an employee of the facility.