The Trump Administration announced plans to close six of its ten regional Dept of Health and Human Services offices which will cut services and efficiency for citizens. Critics argue that these closures risk weakening oversight and delaying responses to violations, particularly in vulnerable communities. These offices, located in Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, Dallas, and
The nursing home industry is complaining about new facility assessment requirements from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (CMS) that aim to guide safe staffing decisions. However, CMS provided Critical Element Pathways to all facilities to make it easy to implement the new rules. CMS updated the existing requirements by expanding guidance on data-driven and evidence-based metrics
The Iowa Capital Dispatch recorded the meager fine paid by a nursing home for killing a resident. The nursing home, Odebolt Speciality Care in Sac County, Iowa, was fined only $8,500 as a result of a resident’s wrongful and preventable death. Based on the inspector’s report, workers of the facility noticed the woman unresponsive with
WTOP reported a class action lawsuit against the Maryland Department of Health for allowing 181 facilities to go more than 16 months without the annual inspection reports. The late reports show a pattern of abuse, neglect, and low-quality care for residents. The complaints and inspections left undone leave residents helpless to harmful abuse and neglect. One
Everyone thinks there is too much waste, fraud, and abuse in Medicare and Medicaid programs. Skilled Nursing News had an article on Ned Lamont’s bill to solve the problem. The Governor of Connecticut proposed a bill that will authorize forensic audits to review operator annual financial reports conducted by the state Department of Social Justice. This proposal
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