Skilled Nursing News January 19, 2023
A federal watchdog agency is calling for “significant changes” to nursing home operations and oversight in light of new data on Covid-19 infection rates.
The Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) calls on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to take action in a report issued Thursday. More than 1,300 nursing homes had Covid-19 infection rates of 75% or more during surges in 2020, even though most of them had no infection control issues as identified by surveys, as well as nursing hours that met or exceeded Medicare minimums, the OIG analysis found.
Recommendations made by the HHS Office of the Inspector General (OIG) build on previous probes into the skilled nursing industry...
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