District Of Columbia Failed To Provide Effective Transition Services, Class Argues

Mealey's (November 14, 2018, 4:56 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A class of individuals with physical disabilities who have received Medicaid-funded, long-term care services in a nursing home filed a reply brief in the District of Columbia Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Nov. 7 reaffirming their argument to reverse a lower federal court’s dismissal of their lawsuit alleging that the District of Columbia’s failure to provide effective transition services caused them to remain in nursing facilities when they preferred to resume their lives in the community (Ivy Brown, et al. v. District of Columbia, No. 17-7152, D.C. Cir.)....