The Justice Department announced a False Claims Act settlement. On June 3rd, the US Department of Justice announced that the American Health Foundation (AHF), its affiliate AHF Management Corp, and the 3 affiliated nursing homes agreed to pay $3.61 million to resolve allegations under the False Claims Act. The settlement addresses claims that between 2016
The deployment is costing more than $135 million, the Pentagon’s acting comptroller testified at a congressional budget hearing.
Skilled Nursing News reported on the budget request from the Officer of Inspector General (OIG). A large part of the funding will support efforts to oversee Medicare and Medicaid. They proposed a $454.4 million budget for the 2026 fiscal year. This will have a strong focus on improving oversight of nursing home and reducing the
ABC News reports that U.S. economic growth will slow to 1.6% this year from 2.8% last year “as President Donald Trump’s erratic trade wars disrupt global commerce, drive up costs and leave businesses and consumers paralyzed by uncertainty.” As a distraction, Trump arbitrarily decided to deploy 2,000 National Guard troops to Los Angeles without California Governor Gavin
After taking control of Congress and the White House, Trump broke his promises not to cut or undermine Medicare or its benefits with the passage of the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act.” This bill directly targets Medicare, reducing eligibility, restricting access to its benefits, and reducing funding, in ways that would harm individuals eligible for
Statistics show that abuse and neglect are rampant in the long term care industry. However, fines and prosecutions lag behind because of the lack of interest, the lack of good faith investigations, and the lack of funds and authority for investigators. Another issue plaguing vulnerable adults are scams and financial exploitation especially in the assisted
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