GAO chides CMS over delayed nursing home reporting, antipsychotic transparency
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jun 23, 2023
Some Care Compare information on nursing homes is too old and some is too hard to understand, reported a government watchdog.
Influential senator, colleagues pressure CMS on nursing home ownership info
By
Jessica R. Towhey
May 23, 2023
A small group of Democrats have joined with US Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) to turn up the bipartisan heat on federal regulators as they weigh increasing transparency into nursing homes’ ownership structures.
CMS ‘demonizing’ private equity with rule that could scare away skilled nursing investors
By
Jessica R. Towhey
Apr 17, 2023
A proposed rule to make nursing home ownership more transparent could instead scare off private equity investments, leaving facilities without much-needed capital, experts warn as federal regulators enter...
13 years of CMS inaction on private-equity facility ownership ‘egregious’: Grassley
By
Jessica R. Towhey
Mar 07, 2023
Thirteen years later, US Sen. Charles Grassley has reignited a push to get federal regulators to implement rules to require transparency at long-term care facilities backed by private equity.
Grassley demands answers from CMS on psychotropic drug investigations
By
Jessica R. Towhey
Feb 23, 2023
Sen. Charles Grassley (R-IA) is demanding to know why federal regulators find it a “burden” to audit nursing homes with a high rate of prescribing psychotropic drugs to residents.
Senator demands VA answers on oversight of state-run vets’ homes
By
Kimberly Marselas
Sep 02, 2021
The Department of Veterans Affairs has three weeks to deliver an accounting of the inspection and quality control processes it uses to assess a network of more than 150 state-run veterans homes.
Federal investigation sought to determine source of prescription pain medication shortages
By
McKnight's Staff
May 08, 2012
Top U.S. lawmakers are concerned that overregulation of prescription pain medications is causing an inadvertent shortage of the controlled — and often necessary — controlled substances.
Inspector General report: 1 in 7 nursing home residents are incorrectly prescribed psychotropic medications
May 11, 2011
As many as one in seven elderly nursing home residents, most of whom have dementia, are being prescribed expensive, powerful antipsychotic medications that increase the risk of death, according to a report...
Senate closer to finalizing ‘doc fix’
Dec 08, 2010
Staff members representing Harry Reid (D-NV), Max Baucus (D-MT) and Charles Grassley (R-IA) reportedly have been finalizing an agreement on a one-year solution to the Medicare “doc fix.” Senate...
Senate Finance Committee may question Berwick about healthcare reform
Nov 12, 2010
Donald Berwick, administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, likely will field questions about healthcare reform when he testifies before the Senate Finance Committee next week.