tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2005 Issue 11

Long-Term Care: How CMS Plans To Make Staffing Choices Safer

OIG: Nurse aid registries are coming up short on the factsFacilities that rely on state nurse-aide registries to provide accurate information about employees may need to proceed with caution.Reality check: States do not properly update the record for one in four nurse aides charged with abuse or neglect. Example: Employees charged in one state often hold active certification in others, a Feb. 22 HHS Office of Inspector General inspection report found.More than half of state respondents reported failure to remove records of inactive nurse aides from registries. Many said they depended solely on the nurse aides themselves...

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