Long Term Services & Supports

NSCLC seeks to expand home and community based services as an alternative to nursing home or other forms of institutionalization for low-income older adults. We also seek to ensure that the Affordable Care Act provisions related to long term services and supports are implemented and that states take up new options to expand their availability.

In addition, we educate and counsel advocates on consumer protection and legal issues related to assisted living facilities and nursing homes.

LTSS in Managed Care

Home and Community Based Services

In Home Supportive Services

Assisted Living

Nursing Homes

• WEBINAR: Medicaid Long-Term Services and Supports – Appeals 101
  Free Webinar When: Wednesday, November 5, 2014, 2-3 PM EDT Since 2009, the number of states delivering Medicaid long-term services and supports (LTSS) through managed care has increased more than four-fold, so that presently, 28 states either operate...



• WEBINAR: Assisted Living State By State
  Free Webinar When: Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2014, 11 a.m. - NOON PDT/ 2 p.m. - 3 p.m. EDT As part of the National Senior Citizens Law Center's new project, Making up for Lost Time: Addressing Problems In California's Assisted Living System, we're pleased...



• WEBINAR: Conflict-Free Case Management: Themes in States Working to Implement New Systems
  Free Webinar When: Thursday, September 25, 2014, 2-3PM EDT September 30, 2015 marks the statutory deadline for states that received funding under the Balancing Incentive Payments Program (BIPP) to make significant changes to how they fund long-term s...



• New Fact Sheet on Self Direction in Managed Long-Term Services and Supports
  NSCLC has developed a one-page fact sheet on consumer self-direction in managed long-term services and supports.



• Details Matter! Advocate’s Library of Managed Long Term Services and Supports Contract Provisions
  March 2014 -- A wave of new Medicaid Managed Long-Term Services (MLTSS) programs is sweeping the country and promises to impact the way care is delivered to millions of the nation’s seniors and people with disabilities.  Whether this impact is ultim...



• WEBINAR: Details Matter- Service Planning and Self-Direction in Medicaid Managed Long-Term Services and Supports
  March 07, 2014 An Introduction to NSCLC’s New Advocate’s Library A wave of new Medicaid Managed Long-Term Services (MLTSS) programs is sweeping the country and promising to impact the way care is delivered to millions of seniors and people with d...



• Statement on Long Term Services and Supports
  In a statement shared with the Senate Special Committee on Aging Dec. 19, 2013, NSCLC says that the first step in improving Long Term Services and Supports is addressing the imbalance that exists in  financing of services.  Medicaid, for example, con...



• NSCLC Seeks Ombudsman Program Improvements
  The Administration on Aging recently sought comments on a proposed rule on state long-term care ombudsman programs, NSCLC joined in submitting comments with the Family Equality Council, FORGE, Human Rights Campaign, National Center for Transgender Equa...



• NSCLC and Florida Advocates Publish Medicaid Long Term Care Guides and Tips
  Seeking to prepare both advocates and consumers for Florida's plan to move most consumers in long-term care to managed care, the Academy of Florida Elder Law Attorneys, Florida Legal Services and NSCLC have published a number of easy-to-understand mate...



• Recommendations for the Commission on Long-Term Care
  March 2013 -- President Obama has recently appointed the final members of the Commission on Long Term Care. Over the next six months the Commission must accomplish one objective: develop a plan for the establishment, implementation and financing of a c...