1.0Center for Medicare Advocacyhttps://medicareadvocacy.orgmshepardhttps://medicareadvocacy.org/author/mshepard/Budget Act of 2015 Increases Penalties for Programs under the Social Security Act, Including Nursing Facilities | Center for Medicare Advocacyrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content"><a href="https://medicareadvocacy.org/budget-act-of-2015-increases-penalties-for-programs-under-the-social-security-act-including-nursing-facilities/">Budget Act of 2015 Increases Penalties for Programs under the Social Security Act, Including Nursing Facilities</a></blockquote>
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</script><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://medicareadvocacy.org/budget-act-of-2015-increases-penalties-for-programs-under-the-social-security-act-including-nursing-facilities/embed/" width="600" height="338" title="“Budget Act of 2015 Increases Penalties for Programs under the Social Security Act, Including Nursing Facilities” — Center for Medicare Advocacy" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe>For the first time in 20 years, there will be an increase in the amounts of federal fines that nursing facilities may be required to pay for violating the Nursing Home Reform Law. A little-noticed provision of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015, Pub.L. 114-74 (signed by President Obama on November 2, 2015), amends the […]https://medicareadvocacy.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/CMA-Default.png940788