McKnight's April 13, 2023
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services said Wednesday it was taking “seriously” a damning report that questioned the accuracy of information it posted on its Care Compare site, but added that missing data didn’t necessarily affect consumers’ use of the site.
Health, life safety and emergency preparedness deficiencies were underreported at an estimated two-thirds of all US nursing homes in 2020, the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General said in issuing an audit report Tuesday.
“CMS examined the root causes of OIG’s findings, and — while the audit review sample size only included 100 nursing homes — CMS takes the findings seriously and has already corrected each issue identified,” a CMS spokesperson told McKnight’s Long-Term...
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