A federal change to Medicare and Medicaid participation requirements for long-term care facilities, such as nursing homes, will make it easier for residents and their family members to sue the facilities over quality of care disputes. Effective November 28, 2016, nursing homes will not be permitted to require new residents admitted after that date to agree to mandatory arbitration as a condition of admission.

The federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the new regulations on October 4, 2016, as “Medicare and Medicaid Programs: Reform of Requirements for Long-Term Care Facilities.” It is the first update . . .

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Disability Support & Long Term Care Services

Disability and long-term care refers to institutional and community-based care that support individuals with activities of daily living and services related to age or disability. Over the past decade, there has been an increase in the changes and challenges affecting the disability support and long-term care market markets—the move to managed care and subsequently value-based care, the shift to home- and community-based care, the increase in the aging population, and new workforce challenges.


Approximately 44.68 million U.S. civilians of all ages living in the community reported one or more disabilities in 2023, representing 13.5% of the noninstitutionalized population. Among adults aged 18 and older, the rate rises to approximately 16%. The analysis is based on data from the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2023 American Community Survey (ACS), which reaches approximately 4.7 million people annually with a response rate of about 85%. The most commonly reported disability type was ambulatory… Read