Skilled nursing facilities again are taking fire for patterns of Medicare billing related to therapy services. SNFs’ Medicare payments for therapy greatly exceed their costs, and the federal government should reevaluate the way that these providers are reimbursed, according to a report issued Wednesday by the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector […]
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Eighty-five percent of nursing facilities reported at least one allegation of abuse or neglect to the Office of Inspector General (OIG) in 2012, according to a new report from the OIG. Allegations of abuse or neglect include abuse, injuries of unknown source, misappropriation of resident property, neglect or mistreatment. A total of 149,313 allegations of abuse or neglect were […]
Nursing homes overwhelming fail to properly use and document antipsychotic drugs, finds a July 2012 Office of Inspector General (OIG) report, as more than 99% of the records it reviewed for senior residents in skilled nursing facilities receiving atypical antipsychotic drugs during the first half of 2007 lacked evidence indicating they met all Federal requirements for […]
Long-term care providers on the receiving end of Medicare overpayments in 2007 may not have to worry too much about getting a knock on the door from a collection agency, if a recent Office of Inspector General (OIG) audit is any indication of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) efforts to regain those funds. […]