Nursing homes sometimes attempt to justify a discharge because of non-payment, i.e., failure to pay the nursing home bill after notice. However, discharges for non-payment are rarely legally justified because, under state law, once a Medicaid applicant has provided all of his or her income ...
These are generally public knowledge, and so that will usually define what falls into this category. Of course, almost universally, nursing homes are going to be paid primarily through Medicaid, but also Medicare. And because of that, they're going to have a schedule of regulations that are ...