GAO Update—Nursing Homes: Better Oversight Needed to Protect Residents from Abuse
To protect vulnerable nursing home residents from abuse, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) contracts with state agencies—known as survey agencies—that can cite nursing homes for incidents of…
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HHS ASPR TRACIE: CMS Emergency Preparedness Rule Resource Page Updated
In September, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that they took action to comply with the new Omnibus Burden Reduction (Conditions of Participation) Final Rule, which “removes…
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HHS OCR Secures Corrective Action and Ensures FL Orthopedic Practice Protects Patients with HIV from Discrimination
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights (HHS OCR) has successfully secured corrective action and resolved a complaint against the Florida Orthopaedic Institute (“Florida Orthopaedic”)….
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Tennessee Nursing Home to Make Corrections after Improper Medicaid Billing, Patient Grooming Charges
State auditors say the Bledsoe County Nursing Home in Pikeville, Tennessee, improperly billed Medicaid almost $52,000 for resident leave days, and inappropriately billed 76 nursing home patients more than $5,800…
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Most Serious Nursing Home Complaints in MA Not Investigated in Required Time
A report with the Office of the Inspector General for the US Department of Health and Human Services said almost 75 percent of serious nursing home complaints reported in Massachusetts…
Read More »US Department of Labor Investigation Results in Missouri Healthcare Facility Paying $42,696 in Back Wages
After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD), Helia Healthcare — doing business as Pillars of North County — has agreed to pay $42,696…
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New York Hospital to Pay Civil Penalty for Violations of the Controlled Substances Act
St. Mary’s Healthcare in Amsterdam, New York, agreed to pay a $15,000 penalty as a result of its Narcotic Treatment Program’s (NTP) failure to create and maintain records required by…
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New Jersey Nurse Sues Hospital, Says Coworkers Secretly Sedated Patients
A nurse who worked at Monmouth Medical Center is suing owner RWJBarnabas Health, claiming a boss retaliated after she reported that staff members were sedating patients with Benadryl at night,…
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Nursing Home Fined by Illinois Department of Public Health after Patient Injured in Fall
Hope Creek Care Center has been cited for three license violations by the Illinois Department of Public Health and fined $2,200 for patient neglect.
Read More »Watch, but Don’t Listen: ‘Granny Cams’ Can Still Be Illegal
Ruth Stanizzi was worried her 50-year-old disabled son was being abused.
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