Lawsuit Says Missing NH In-Home Care Leads To Nursing Home Stays

By Maya Goldman / January 15, 2021 at 5:13 PM
New Hampshire is failing to provide adequate home- and community-based services to Medicaid beneficiaries through the state’s Choices for Independence waiver, alleges a class-action lawsuit filed in the United States District Court for New Hampshire on Monday (Jan. 11). The suit claims this could lead to increased nursing homes stays, which it says is particularly problematic given the high number of COVID-19 deaths in those facilities. The lawsuit was filed against the state’s Department of Health and Human Services and...

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