On December 12, 2022, the US Government Accountability Office issued a report that recommended that the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) expand all hospice abuse and neglect report requirements. These requirements will be reflected more in nursing homes and hospital reports. All hospice care providers will report all instances of suspected abuse and
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
In April 2022, The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services removed federal beneficiaries from Laguna Honda Hospital & Rehabilitation Center. The historic San Francisco facility has 769 licensed beds across 13 nursing units spread across unkept and neglected buildings. The facility repeatedly failed to meet the standards after four substandard surveys that raised questions regarding