Who’s Monitoring Medicaid Assisted Living?—A Brief Overview
Thursday, March 7, 2024
11:00 a.m. PT/2:00 p.m. ET – 11:30 a.m. PT/2:30 p.m. ET
State Medicaid programs generally can pay for assisted living services. Also, new federal regulations (effective March 2023) now establish some rights for residents of Medicaid-participating assisted living facilities.
Medicaid assisted living, however, remains a work in progress. If a facility violates a resident’s federal rights, the state may have no means of accepting a complaint from the resident, or forcing the facility to correct the problem. Likewise, as shown by a recent Justice in Aging report, the assisted living “quality measures” collected by the state (and shared with the federal government) may be relatively meaningless and, in any case, are likely not provided to the public.
This 30-minute webinar, Who’s Monitoring Medicaid Assisted Living?—A Brief Overview, will explain the current regulatory structure and its limitations, with a focus on how the system might be changed for the better.
Who Should Participate
Advocates and legal aid attorneys working on behalf of residents in assisted living, federal and state policymakers, long-term care ombudsmen.
Presenter
Eric Carlson, Director, Long-Term Services and Supports Advocacy
Webinar Details
The webinar will take place on Thursday, March 7, 2024, from 11:00 a.m. PT/2:00 p.m. ET – 11:30 a.m. PT/2:30 p.m. ET.
Capacity for this session is limited to 1,000 participants, and all participants will have the option of accessing audio through the computer or by phone. Closed captioning will be available. Please be sure to log onto the webinar a few minutes early in order to secure your place for the live presentation on Zoom. The presentation will be recorded and available for later viewing. If you would like to request ASL interpretation or have other accessibility related questions, please email info@justiceinaging.org.
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