Keep me logged in until I sign out. In addition to home health agencies, other ancillary service providers may find assisted living facilities attractive as a potential source of business for their products.
Examples are rehabilitation services, physician services, and durable medical equipment suppliers.
Provision of free or reduced price services or items to assisted living programs may constitute illegal kickback arrangements if they are intended as inducements to generate referrals. Marketing for HMOs Marketing on behalf of Medicare HMOs also may raise significant anti-kickback concerns. Payments tied to the number of persons enrolled are strictly forbidden. Assisted living facilities generally are subject to the anti-discrimination provisions of the Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988, the Americans with Disabilities Act, and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. These terms are broadly defined so that most assisted living residents will be considered to be disabled or handicapped.