Federal government approved too much funding for billion-dollar Medicaid demonstration projects, GAO...
By
Tim Mullaney
Jul 25, 2013
The federal government is allocating too much money for Medicaid demonstration projects to test new models of care delivery, according to the Government Accountability Office.
OIG: Hospitals err 18% of the time with point-of-admission indicators
By
McKnight's Staff
Nov 28, 2012
A lack of uniformity among hospital coders for developing conditions is a main reason for the “point of admission” errors, according to a Monday report from the Department of Health and Human...
Nursing homes are hospitals’ silent cheering section on this one
By
James M. Berklan
Nov 07, 2012
It’s interesting how competition can make strange bedfellows. Nursing homes and hospitals, for example, are next-door-neighbors on the caregiving block. We all know who has the bigger house on this...
Almost a fifth of SNF nursing aides charged with abuse and neglect had prior convictions, OIG says
By
McKnight's Staff
Oct 10, 2012
Nineteen percent of long-term care nursing aides who were found guilty of on-the-job abuse, neglect, or property theft in 2010 had prior criminal convictions, a federal report revealed this week.
HHS finalizes ICD-10 delay
Aug 28, 2012
Healthcare providers will have an extra year to become compliant with ICD-10 coding standards and will be issued standardized identification codes, according to a final rule issued by Department of Health...
House members raise concerns over Medicare Advantage demonstration project
By
McKnight's Staff
Jul 23, 2012
Republican members of the House Ways and Means Committee have accused the Department of Health and Human Services of overstepping its authority in implementing a controversial Medicare Advantage demonstration...
Many nursing homes are not meeting federal standards for antipsychotic use, OIG review finds
By
McKnight's Staff
Jul 10, 2012
Many nursing facilities are not compliant with federal regulations governing residents who take atypical antipsychotic medications, a federal review released Monday reveals.
OIG: Volunteer Medicare fraud patrols had declining recovery in 2011
By
McKnight's Staff
Jun 26, 2012
The success rate of Medicare’s volunteer force of fraud-detecting beneficiaries is declining, a government report finds.
Lawmakers blast federal efforts to monitor and police Medicare fraud — again
By
McKnight's Staff
Jun 11, 2012
Lawmakers again hammered the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ Medicare program integrity contractors Friday. The latest salvos were fueled by an agency admission that additional mistakes...
HHS names coordinated care innovation winners
By
McKnight's Staff
May 09, 2012
The Department of Health and Human Services has announced its newest round of grant recipients under its Health Care Innovation Awards.