

Using Medicaid to Cover Services for Elderly Persons in Residential Care Settings: State Policy Maker and Stakeholder Views in Six States. Initial Development
Effective March 1997, the state carved out a portion of the residential care market that was most suitable for deregulation and created a new category of residential care setting (RCS), called assisted living, with its own specific regulations. The state's intent was to reduce regulatory burden, give providers the flexibility to be creative in dev