Report: Transfer and Discharge Deficiencies Cited Since 2017: Surveyors Focus On paperwork, Not Residents’ Rights Study Finds Link Between Registered Nurse Hours and Antipsychotic Drug Use Webinar: Skilled Nursing Facilities … [Read more...] about CMA Alert – SNF Updates – Report: Transfer & Discharge Deficiencies; Link Between Nurse Hours and Antipsychotics; Webinar Next Week
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Letter to Inspector General Regarding Suspension of Antipsychotics Investigation
July 26, 2013Daniel R. Levinson Inspector General Department of Health and Human Services 330 Independence Avenue, SW Washington, DC 20201Submitted ElectronicallyDear Mr. Levinson:A report today that your office has … [Read more...] about Letter to Inspector General Regarding Suspension of Antipsychotics Investigation
Toby Edelman Testifies Before Senate Special Committee Regarding Antipsychotics In Nursing Homes
UNITED STATES SENATE SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON AGING OVERPRESCRIBED: THE HUMAN AND TAXPAYERS' COSTS OF ANTIPSYCHOTICS IN NURSING HOMES November 30, 2011 Testimony of Toby S. Edelman Senior Policy Attorney Center for Medicare Advocacy The … [Read more...] about Toby Edelman Testifies Before Senate Special Committee Regarding Antipsychotics In Nursing Homes
CMS Improves Public Reporting of Nursing Home Information
As part of the Biden-Harris Administration’s implementation of its comprehensive nursing home reform agenda, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced new surveyor guidance, making two significant changes to its quality rating … [Read more...] about CMS Improves Public Reporting of Nursing Home Information
CMA Alert | July 7, 2022
Voices of Medicare | Medicare Advantage Network InadequacyWe recently heard from a Medicare Advantage (MA) enrollee from the Dallas-Forth Worth metropolitan area who went several months without seeing a gastroenterologist due to Cigna’s failure … [Read more...] about CMA Alert | July 7, 2022
CMS Acts to Implement Revised Nursing Home Standards of Care
After delays due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has now issued guidance to implement standards of care for nursing homes that were promulgated in 2016 and were originally scheduled for … [Read more...] about CMS Acts to Implement Revised Nursing Home Standards of Care
Issue Brief – March 2022 – Litigation Update Including Observation Status, Off label Drugs & Other Issues
LITIGATION UPDATE (Beneficiary Appeals of Observation Status). In November 2011, the Center for Medicare Advocacy and Justice in Aging filed a proposed class action lawsuit on behalf of individuals who have been denied Medicare Part A coverage … [Read more...] about Issue Brief – March 2022 – Litigation Update Including Observation Status, Off label Drugs & Other Issues
CMA Alert | October 21, 2022
CMA Report | Privatization of County-Owned Nursing Facilities is Not Good for Residents, Staff, or StatesIn a May 1, 1998 report entitled “Nursing Home Privatization: What Is the Human Cost?”[1] the Pennsylvania-based Keystone Research Center … [Read more...] about CMA Alert | October 21, 2022
Study | Black Nursing Home Residents Disproportionately (and Incorrectly) Diagnosed with Schizophrenia
The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted deeply rooted racial and ethnic health disparities nationwide[1] – particularly within the walls of U.S. nursing homes. Nursing homes with a larger proportion of Black and Hispanic residents reported more deaths and … [Read more...] about Study | Black Nursing Home Residents Disproportionately (and Incorrectly) Diagnosed with Schizophrenia
CMA Alert | May 13, 2021
New Factsheet | CMS Nursing Home Visitation GuidanceAccording to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as of May 3, 2021 the number of confirmed nursing home resident cases has fallen to 0.99 cases per 1,000 residents. This is … [Read more...] about CMA Alert | May 13, 2021