Court Orders DC Medicaid To Move Nursing Home Residents With Physical Disabilities To The Community

A court ruling issued on December 31, 2024, ordered the District of Columbia (D.C.) to implement a transition assistance process for Medicaid-eligible nursing home residents with physical disabilities who want to live in community-based settings, including assisted living communities. Historically, Medicaid beneficiaries with disabilities who wished to transition from institutional settings to the community did not have access to assisted living settings. To comply with the order, over the next four years, the D.C. must successfully transition at least 600 nursing home residents to community settings with supportive services. Those residents represent about 15% of the . . .