The Assisted Living Waiver (ALW) Program
An Alternative to Medi-Cal Financed Nursing Home Care Until recently, an elderly individual who did not have the means to pay for 24/7...
New Case Alert
Siegel v. Fife Filed February 26, 2015, Second District, Div. Five Settlor’s trust gives the trustee broad discretion to pay principal...
Supreme Court should not cripple health care
As attorney general of California, I have vigorously defended the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act. This landmark law has...
If Supreme Court rules against Obamacare, states have few options
With Supreme Court arguments in the latest challenge to the Affordable Care Act just days away, a sense of impending crisis has hit state...
VA Proposes Controversial Regulations on Aid & Attendance Eligibility
On January 23, 2015, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) published proposed regulations that would make major changes to eligibility...
AB 601 (Eggman) Introduced to Strengthen Disclosure and Suitability of RCFE Ownership
CANHR is also sponsoring an important bill on ownership disclosure and suitability of ownership for Residential Care Facilities for the...
AB 927 (McCarty) The Nursing Home Ownership Disclosure Act of 2015 Introduced
On February 26, 2015, Assemblymember Kevin McCarty of Sacramento introduced AB 927, a CANHR sponsored bill that directly responds to the...
Op-ed: A human right to death with dignity
It is long overdue for state legislatures and state courts across the country to recognize, by statute and under state constitutions, a...
Final 2014-15 AB 1629 rates posted
The Department of Health Care Services today posted the final 2014-15 Medi-Cal reimbursement rates for freestanding skilled-nursing and...
SB 155, as introduced, Hertzberg. Decedent’s estates
Existing law provides for the disposition of a testator’s property by will. Existing law establishes the Uniform Testamentary Additions...
