McKnight's April 12, 2023
Medicare’s Care Compare site did not accurately reflect nursing home deficiencies in two-thirds of listings reviewed by a federal watchdog agency, a finding that implies more than 10,000 health, life safety or emergency preparedness violations may have been left out of view of consumers.
The report, issued early Wednesday by the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General, also found that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services sometimes reported deficiencies to Care Compare that were not found in survey documentation. Scope and severity levels were also inaccurate for one out of every three nursing homes reviewed in a small sample, the OIG said.
While the OIG’s attention was trained on CMS, the findings also stand to...
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