AHCA’s Parkinson pushes for compassionate care; signs three-year contract extension
By
Danielle Brown
Oct 14, 2019
The thousands of examples of compassionate care that providers show residents every day is why the country’s largest nursing home association “will never stop fighting for” them in Washington D.C.,...
Nursing homes and assisted living facilities: Federal scrutiny expected to continue
By
Margaret E. Daum
Kristina Arianina
Callan Smith
Oct 05, 2020
While COVID-19 infections are widespread, the virus disproportionately affects the nation’s most vulnerable populations, including seniors. According to an updated estimate from two healthcare experts,...
Nearly half of Medicare overpayments may be fraud, say lawmakers
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Haymarket Media
Mar 12, 2007
An estimated 50% of the $10.8 billion in Medicare overpayments in 2006 were the result of fraud, according to lawmakers investigating waste in the program.
Hatch calls for answers from HHS on abuse, neglect in long-term care facilities
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Sep 18, 2017
Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) urged the Department of Health and Human Services on Friday to divulge information on nursing home abuse, following a scathing federal report that found more than a quarter of potential...
OIG report: CMS needs to up elder awareness of drug program
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Haymarket Media
Nov 16, 2005
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services should consider expanding efforts to inform beneficiaries about the Medicare Part D drug program, a new report from the Office of Inspector General recommends.
Medicare overpaid inpatient rehab facilities by $8.4 million, OIG says
By
McKnight's Staff
Sep 18, 2012
Inpatient rehabilitation facilities (IRFs) were overpaid by Medicare by $8.4 million between calendar year 2009 and 2010, a government report reveals.
OIG: Feds need to strengthen standards for nursing home emergency plans
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Haymarket Media
Aug 21, 2006
Nursing home emergency plans proved to be inadequate during last year’s hurricane season, even though most met federal requirements, a new report finds.
Nursing homes face federal False Claims Act charges for allegedly overmedicating residents with antipsychotics,...
By
Tim Mullaney
Sep 04, 2014
Two California nursing homes routinely overmedicated residents with antipsychotics and other drugs “for the convenience of management,” according to federal charges announced Wednesday by the...
Almost a fifth of SNF nursing aides charged with abuse and neglect had prior convictions, OIG says
By
McKnight's Staff
Oct 10, 2012
Nineteen percent of long-term care nursing aides who were found guilty of on-the-job abuse, neglect, or property theft in 2010 had prior criminal convictions, a federal report revealed this week.
CMS expected to target emergency preparedness after scathing OIG reports. Here’s how to prepare
By
Josh Henreckson
Nov 27, 2023
Industry leaders expect increased federal regulations in the wake of a new audit from the US Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General. The OIG audit was the latest in a string...