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Ill. nursing homes mix elderly with mentally ill, criminals
Yesterday, FierceHealthcare detailed the conclusions of a GAO report contending that the number of unsafe nursing homes in the U.S. could be four times higher than the number of homes CMS has... Read more...
GAO: Actual number of troubled nursing homes much higher than thought
In theory, CMS has a program in place that is supposed to find nursing homes whose living conditions aren't adequate. A new report from the Government Accountability Office, however, concludes that... Read more...
Without stimulus, Medicaid in trouble, states say
Right now, states are using about $90 billion in stimulus funding to prop up their Medicaid programs. However, once the stimulus funding ends in January 2011, states aren't sure how they're going to... Read more...
GAO: Medicaid patients lacking preventive care
New research by the Government Accountability Office suggests that Medicaid beneficiaries aren't getting the level of preventive services they need, a problem that can't be helping these programs... Read more...
GAO: CA, NY get most federal Medicaid dollars under stimulus
Under the massive economic stimulus package pending on the Hill, California and New York would bet the most federal Medicaid dollars, while Alaska, New Mexico and North Dakota would come in near the... Read more...
CMS fights fraud in CA and FL
Reacting to the rampant medical equipment fraud that continues to dog the region, the CMS has announced that it is revoking the billing privileges of more than 1,100 medical equipment suppliers in... Read more...
RAC activities suspended because of protests
The Government Accountability Office just informed the CMS that because of the protests of two contractors, who were unsuccessful in becoming a part of the Recovery Audit Contractor program, RAC... Read more...
FDA's medical approval process faces GAO scrutiny
The Government Accountability Office is scheduled to release a report next month on the FDA's medical device review process, but the facts that we have available to us already suggest that things are... Read more...
FDA needs to inspect more foreign drugs, GAO finds
A new report from the Government Accountability Office has estimated that the FDA only inspects about 8 percent of foreign manufacturing establishments that provide drugs to be sold in the United... Read more...
Community benefit standards vary widely across non-profit hospitals
Non-profit hospitals continue to struggle with the issue of setting standards for providing community benefits, leading to wide variability in how they report such benefits, according to a new report... Read more...
