CMS recently implemented new requirements aimed at increasing transparency and accountability in the nursing home industry. Effective as of October 1, 2024, these changes require nursing homes to disclose extensive ownership and management details through the revised Form CMS-855A. This update addresses longstanding concerns about financial exploitation in the industry, particularly through related-party transactions that allow owners to
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
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