tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2004 Issue 11

Long-Term Care: Auditors Will Be Watching Nursing Home Compare

Birmingham nursing home runs into a snag on almost-perfect audit.Nursing homes that toe the line when it comes to federal and state laws will still get pinched if data submitted to the Nursing Home Compare database is not flush with on-the-floor inspections. A pair of Alabama nursing facilities -- ConsultAmerica Health and Rehabilitation and Luverne Health and Rehabilitation -- sailed through recent audits by the HHS Office of Inspector General. Both were in compliance with federal and state staffing standards, with all direct care employees properly licensed and certified -- and even given background checks, though not...

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