CMS Memo About Use of Binding Arbitration in Nursing Homes

January 9, 2003 In this memo, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) defers to state laws on binding arbitration. It notes that if a nursing home discharged a resident or retaliated due to a residents failure to sign a binding arbitration agreement, the state could initiate enforcement action based on violation of the rules governing resident discharges or transfers . . .