GAO study: State inspectors overlook, downplay facility deficiencies
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Haymarket Media
Jan 17, 2006
A new government study pokes holes in the Bush administration’s claim that its policies have resulted in significant quality improvements in nursing homes.
Grassley asks for inquiry into ‘lavish’ QIO conferences and spending
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Haymarket Media
Jan 10, 2006
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Charles E. Grassley (R-IA) has asked Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services officials to investigate the expenses for conferences and travel of quality improvement organizations...
Senate calls for greater scrutiny of quality organizations
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Haymarket Media
Dec 13, 2005
The Senate Finance Committee is calling for an expanded probe of Quality Improvement Organizations (QIOs), which Medicare pays about $300 million a year to investigate complaints and improve nursing home...
Court defers decision on wheelchair rules to later date
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Haymarket Media
Nov 16, 2005
New Medicare payment rules for power mobility devices went into effect this week after a federal district court declined to rule immediately on a request to stop them.
Louisiana provider association appeals to lawmakers in capital
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Haymarket Media
Nov 16, 2005
Leaders of the Louisiana Nursing Home Association are visiting this week with the Louisiana Congressional delegation to request measures that could help facilities cope in the wake of two hurricanes Katrina...
New power wheelchair rules effective next week; implementation delayed
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Haymarket Media
Oct 18, 2005
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced Friday it will delay implementation of new power mobility device (PMD) codes; new rules for power wheel chairs would be effective Oct. 25 as originally...
Senators want delay of power wheelchair rules enactment
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Haymarket Media
Oct 05, 2005
Three Republican senators have asked Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Mark B. McClellan to delay implementation of new Medicare rules for power wheelchairs.
CMS to waive Medicare, Medicaid requirements in hurricane’s wake
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Haymarket Media
Sep 07, 2005
Nursing home providers in areas affected by Hurricane Katrina will likely get a break from certain Medicare and Medicaid requirements so they can care for needy residents.
Administrator’s info leads to murder charges against doctor
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Haymarket Media
Aug 05, 2005
A Dutch doctor has admitted to injecting five residents with fatal doses of morphine, authorities say. The physician says he did not murder the dementia-affected residents but rather had “relieved”...
Providers applaud new patient safety law
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Haymarket Media
Aug 02, 2005
Providers praised President Bush for signing into law the Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act.