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Serious nursing home quality problems still exist
According to new Congressional testimony by officials from the HHS inspector general's office, care at many nursing homes is actually dangerous to patients, despite ongoing efforts by CMS to identify and expose such problems. Lewis Morris, chief counsel to HHS' inspector general, told the House Energy and Commerce oversight and investigations subcommittee that at least one in five nursing homes delivers care that is directly harmful to patients.
At the same hearing, the Government Accountability Office released a report suggesting that state nursing home inspectors routinely miss life-threatening problems such as whether homes ensure proper nutrition and hydration.
Meanwhile, at the same hearing, Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal described how difficult it was to force nursing home owners into compliance even when their quality problems were known. His particular battle with nursing home operator Haven Healthcare demonstrated to him that with the complex ownership structures employed by such homes' operating companies, it could be almost impossible to win this kind of battle, Blumenthal said.
Despite having failed to address nursing home issues for more than 20 years, Congress is expected to respond to these and other reports with new rules sometime this year.
To learn more about the nursing home investigation:
- read this Modern Healthcare article (reg. req.)
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