MEDICAID ASSISTED LIVING SERVICES: Improved Federal Oversight Of Beneficiary Health & Welfare Is Needed

In this report on February 5, 2018, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) reported its findings about how states and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) oversee Medicaid assisted living services. The GAO found that states vary widely in the degree of mandatory reporting required for critical incidents involving assisted living residents. The report also includes the GAO's findings from a nationwide survey to define the size and value of the Medicaid assisted living market . . .