tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2004 Issue 28

LONG-TERM CARE: Is Nursing Home Compare Telling The Whole Story?

Grassley says certification process "isn't working." An inspection report released July 13 by the HHS Office of Inspector General sums up a slew of inaccuracies on the Nursing Home Compare Web site -- but long-time fraud hawk Sen. Charles Grassley (R-IA) says it's just the tip of the iceberg. Based on CMS databases and state survey documentation, the report determined that 19 percent of nursing homes on NHC had one or more surveys missing, 11 percent had one or more deficiencies missing from the results, and 15 percent were tagged with deficiencies not found in state survey documentation...

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