The federal government should take a more active role in oversight of assisted living facilities in light of current common practice that allows facilities to kick out or refuse to admit Medicaid-eligible residents even though the facilities themselves are approved to participate in Medicaid.  In the absence of consistent federal oversight, states have developed widely varying rules that do not protect consumers adequately.

NSCLC explores this and other issues and makes recommendations for change in a series of policy issue briefs and white papers developed with support from the Commonwealth Fund. To access the series and listen to a Webinar on the topic, click here.