Attorney General Becerra Urges Trump Administration to Continue Protecting Nursing Home Residents

August 9, 2017Contact: (415) 703-5837, agpressoffice@doj.ca.govSACRAMENTO — Yesterday, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, along with 16 fellow attorneys general, submitted comments to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recommending that it maintain its pro-patient rule that protects patients’ rights by prohibiting pre-dispute arbitration clauses in nursing home and other long-term care contracts.
“The CMS proposal to reve