New Medicare guidance guarantees that same-sex married couples can live in the same nursing home
By
Tim Mullaney
Aug 30, 2013
Nursing homes may see more same-gender married couples in the near future in light of federal regulators’ first guidance in response to a recent change in the Defense of Marriage Act.
Surveyors should consider facilities’ visitation policies for same-sex couples, CMS memo states
By
McKnight's Staff
Jul 01, 2013
Medicare- and Medicaid-certified nursing homes must extend the same spousal visitation rights to all residents regardless of sexual orientation, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services clarified in...
State Medicaid programs can extend financial protections to same-sex spouses in nursing homes
Jun 13, 2011
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has sent a letter to state Medicaid programs clarifying the ability to offer same-sex couples the same protections opposite-sex couples receive when one partner...