Government reopens investigation on Medicare advertisements
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Haymarket Media
Mar 17, 2004
The General Accounting Office has reopened its investigation into the Department of Health and Human Services’ promotion of the new Medicare reform law amid news reports that the agency sent out...
Medicare budget faces scrutiny as its actuary speaks out
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Haymarket Media
Mar 16, 2004
The Bush administration faces embarrassment and heated controversy for what appears to be deliberate withholding of internal cost estimates for the Medicare reform bill. The bill will far exceed the quoted...
SNFs must record staffing levels after each shift if CMS rule proposal advances
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Haymarket Media
Mar 01, 2004
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services proposed a rule that would require skilled nursing facilities to record staffing levels for direct care nursing staff at the end of each shift. It was published...
Fire kills three in Tennessee retirement home
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Haymarket Media
Jan 22, 2004
A fire killed three residents and injured 12 people at a Maryville, TN retirement home Tuesday night. Privately-owned Home Away from Home Inc. housed 15 residents in a converted one-floor house devoid...