OIG open to discussions about long-term care quality
Feb 05, 2008
A recent roundtable discussion yielded a greater understanding of how the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General and long-term can work together to improve quality,...
Also in the News for Friday, March 10
Mar 10, 2017
Medicare appeals backlog can’t be fixed by 2021, HHS says … CMS rescinds Feb. operations manual update, publishes new update reflecting mega-rule … OIG head details hospice care inadequacies...
Also in the News for Tuesday, Sept. 8
Sep 08, 2020
OIG: Some states didn’t fully implement requirements for national background check program … State lawmakers study COVID-19’s deadly impact on nursing homes … Georgia lawmaker stresses need for...
OIG: Most states not screening Medicaid providers properly
By
Phil Brahm
May 26, 2016
A majority of states have failed to implement risk-based screenings for Medicaid providers, according to a recent report by the Office of Inspector General.
Also in the news for June 3, 2014 . . .
Jun 03, 2014
Social involvement is No. 1 influence on nursing home residents’ daytime sleep … OIG casts doubt on managed care tax … In potential Alzheimer’s breakthrough, scientists use light...
Also in the News for Friday, July 7
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jul 07, 2023
OIG publishes ‘adverse event’ toolkits … ProMedica’s Heartland Healthcare pharmacy to close … State investigating payroll problems that led nursing home staff to walk off job
OIG report: Correct nursing home Medicare pay ‘immediately’
Jul 12, 2011
Medicare payments to skilled nursing facilities increased unexpectedly by $2.1 billion (16%) during the first six months of fiscal 2011, according to a new report issued by the Office of the Inspector...
Also in the News for Tuesday, April 16
By
Kimberly Marselas
Apr 16, 2024
OIG to study Medicaid supplemental payments for nursing homes … Pilot program leads to 42% reduction in resident falls … State offers nursing homes $7M to expand use of telehealth, tech innovations...
State’s Medicaid managed care data lacking, OIG says
By
Elizabeth Newman
Aug 05, 2015
The Office of the Inspector General recommended that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services withhold federal funds from states that do not accurately report encounter data under their Medicaid managed...
Providers could be slapped with monetary penalties for slow response to document requests under OIG proposal
By
Tim Mullaney
May 13, 2014
Long-term care providers are facing an expanded list of infractions that could trigger civil monetary penalties, including slow response to document requests. The proposed regulation from the Department...