HHS Watchdog To Probe Enforcement Of Nursing Home Staffing Standards
HHS Watchdog To Probe Enforcement Of Nursing Home Staffing Standards
The review comes on the heels of a Kaiser Health News and New York Times investigation that found nearly 1,400 nursing homes report having fewer registered nurses on duty than the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) requires or failed to provide reliable staffing information to the government.
The Office of Inspector General said it would examine the staffing data nursing homes submit to the government through CMS’ new system that uses payroll records.
FROM
Kaiser Health News
PUBLISHED
August 30, 2016
SOURCE
Rau, Jordan. “HHS Watchdog To Probe Enforcement Of Nursing Home Staffing Standards.” Kaiser Health News, 30 Aug. 2018, khn.org/news/hhs-watchdog-to-probe-enforcement-of-nursing-home-staffing-standards.