Senior Housing News April 1, 2025
Three U.S. senators are calling for a new investigation into the quality of assisted living communities across the country that participate in Medicaid.
Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) have filed a letter to the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to review and update its 2018 report on state and federal oversight of assisted living facilities that participate in Medicaid. U.S. states currently regulate assisted living communities, unlike nursing homes, which are regulated on the federal level.
“This lack of federal requirements and variation in state requirements may impede efforts to identify patterns of incidents in assisted living facilities that affect resident health and welfare, such as abuse and neglect, or other problems affecting residents, such...
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