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National Health Service Corps
- National Health Service Corps: A Survey of Providers, Facilities, and Staff (OEI-09-91-01310;4/94)
- Use of Medicare Offset Agreements and Exclusions for National Health Service Corps and HealthEducation Assistance Loan Defaulters (OEI-02-91-00550; 12/91)
National Medical Expenditure Survey
- The National Medical Expenditure Survey (OEI-02-92-00350; 2/93)
National Practitioner Data Bank
- HHS Agencies? ComplianceWith the National Practitioner Data Bank Malpractice Reporting Policy (OEI-12-04-00310;10/05)
- Managed Care Organization Nonreporting to the National Practitioner Data Bank: A Signal for BroaderConcern (OEI-01-99-00690; 05/01)
- Legislative Recommendation to Improve Hospital Reporting to the National Practitioner Data Bank (OEI-12-99-00250; 7/99)
- Drug Enforcement Administration Report to the National Practitioner Data Bank (OEI-12-96-00160;3/97)
- National Practitioner Data Bank Reports to Hospitals: Their Usefulness and Impact (OEI-01-94-00030;4/95)
- National Practitioner Data Bank Reports to Managed Care Organizations: Their Usefulness and Impact (OEI-01-94-00032; 4/95)
- Hospital Reporting to the National Practitioner Data Bank (OEI-01-94-00050; 2/95)
- National Practitioner Data Bank: Profile of Matches Update (OEI-01-94-00031; 8/94)
- National Practitioner Data Bank: Usefulness and Impact of Reports to State Licensing Boards (OEI-01-90-00523;3/93)
- National Practitioner Data Bank: Usefulness and Impact of Reports to Hospitals (OEI-01-90-00520;2/93)
- National Practitioner Data Bank--Unauthorized Access by Ineligible Health Care Entities (OEI-12-92-00290;8/92)
- National Practitioner Data Bank: Malpractice Reporting Requirements (OEI-01-90-00521; 4/92)
- National Practitioner Data Bank: Profile of Matches (OEI-01-90-00522; 4/92)
- National Practitioner Data Bank--Use of Authorized Agents (OEI-12-90-00530; 11/90)
Native Americans
- Initial Observations of IHS Capacity to Manage Supplemental $3.5 Billion Appropriated to Sanitation Facilities Construction Projects OEI-06-22-00320
- Indian Health Service Use of Critical Care Response Teams Has Helped To Meet Facility Needs During the COVID-19 Pandemic OEI-06-20-00700
- Indian Health Service Facilities Made Progress Incorporating Patient Protection Policies, but Challenges Remain OEI-06-19-00331
- Incidence of Adverse Events in Indian Health Service Hospitals OEI-06-17-00530
- Instances of IHS Labor and Delivery Care Not Following National Clinical Guidelines or Best Practices OEI-06-19-00190
- Few Patients Received High Amounts of Opioids from IHS-Run Pharmacies OEI-05-18-00470
- Indian Health Service Has Strengthened Patient Protection Policies but Must Fully Integrate Them Into Practice and Organizational Culture OEI-06-19-00330
- Organizational Challenges to Improving Quality of Care in Indian Health Service Hospitals (OEI-06-16-00390)
- Case Study: Indian Health Service Management of Rosebud Hospital Emergency Department Closure and Reopening (OEI-06-17-00270)
- Indian Health Service Hospitals: Longstanding Challenges Warrant Focused Attention to Support Quality Care (OEI-06-14-00011)
- Indian Health Service Hospitals: More Monitoring Needed to Ensure Quality Care (OEI-06-14-00010)
- OIG Site Visits to Indian Health Service Hospitals in the Billings, Montana Area (OEI-09-13-00280)
- Access to Mental Health Services at Indian Health Service and Tribal Facilities (OEI-09-08-00580)
- Access to Kidney Dialysis Services at Indian Health Service and Tribal Facilities (OEI-09-08-00581)
- IHS Contract Health Services Program: Overpayments and Potential Savings (OEI-05-08-00410)
- The Indian Health Service Equal Employment Opportunity Complaints Process: A Management Review (OEI-05-99-00290; 7/00)
- Indian Health Service: A Management Evaluation of Program Integrity and Ethics Functions (OEI-04-97-00060;11/98)
- Tribal Child Care (OEI-05-98-00010: 11/98)
- Tribal Contracting for Indian Health Services (OEI-09-93-00350; 3/96)
- Indian Alcohol and Substance Abuse: Legislative Intent and Reality (OEI-09-92-00010; 10/92)
- Indian Health Service: Medicare and Medicaid Payments (OEI-07-89-00941; 6/91)
- Indian Health Service Youth Alcohol and Substance Abuse Programs (OEI-07-89-00940; 4/91)
- Urban Indian Health Care Program: A Bridge to Mainstream Health Care Delivery (OAI-09-87-00027;7/88)
- Opportunities for ACF to Improve Child Welfare Services and Protections for Native American Children (OEI-01-93-00110; 8/94)
- Administration for Native Americans: A Review of the SEDS Program (OEI-03-90-00390; 1/92)
Nebulizers
- see also: Medical Devices and Equipment
- Questionable Practices Involving Nebulizer Drug Therapy (OEI-03-94-00391; 3/97)
- Payments for Prescription Drugs Used with Nebulizers (OEI-03-94-00390; 2/96)
- A Comparison of Albuterol Sulfate Prices (OEI-03-94-00392; 6/96)
- Suppliers' Acquisition Costs for Albuterol Sulfate (OEI-03-94-00393; 6/96)
Nonphysician Health Care
Nursing
- National Background Check Program for Long-Term-Care Providers: An Interim Assessment OEI-07-20-00181
- Criminal Convictions for Nurse Aides With Substantiated Findings of Abuse, Neglect, and Misappropriation (OEI-07-10-00422)
- Nursing Facility Assessments and Care Plans for Residents Receiving Atypical Antipsychotic Drugs (OEI-07-08-00151)
- Changes in Skilled Nursing Facilities Billing in Fiscal Year 2011 (OEI-02-09-00204)
- State Fees for NurseAide Registration (OEI-07-05-00070; 01/06)
- Nurse Aide Registries: State Compliance and Practices (OEI-07-03-00380; 02/05)
- Nurse Aide Training (OEI-05-01-00030; 12/02)
- State Nurse Aide Training: Program Information And Data (OEI-05-01-00031; 08/02)
- A Survey of Certified Nurse-Midwives (OEI-04-90-02150; 3/92)
- Hospital Best Practices in Nurse Recruitment and Retention (OAI-03-88-01121; 12/88)
- Nurse Participation in Hospital Decision Making: Potential Impact on the Nursing Shortage (OAI-03-88-01120;10/88)
Nursing Homes
- see also: Skilled Nursing Facilities
- More Than a Thousand Nursing Homes Reached Infection Rates of 75 Percent or More in the First Year of the COVID-19 Pandemic; Better Protections Are Needed for Future Emergencies OEI-02-20-00491
- Long-Term Trends of Psychotropic Drug Use in Nursing Homes OEI-07-20-00500
- CMS Should Take Further Action To Address States With Poor Performance in Conducting Nursing Home Surveys OEI-06-19-00460
- Facility-Initiated Discharges in Nursing Homes Require Further Attention OEI-01-18-00250
- States' Backlogs of Standard Surveys of Nursing Homes Grew Substantially During the COVID-19 Pandemic OEI-01-20-00431
- COVID-19 Had a Devastating Impact on Medicare Beneficiaries in Nursing Homes During 2020 OEI-02-20-00490
- CMS Use of Data on Nursing Home Staffing: Progress and Opportunities To Do More OEI-04-18-00451
- Onsite Surveys of Nursing Homes During the COVID-19 Pandemic: March 23-May 30, 2020 OEI-01-20-00430
- States Continued To Fall Short in Meeting Required Timeframes for Investigating Nursing Home Complaints: 2016-2018 OEI-01-19-00421
- Some Nursing Homes' Reported Staffing Levels in 2018 Raise Concerns; Consumer Transparency Could Be Increased OEI-04-18-00450
- 2019 Performance Data for the Senior Medicare Patrol Projects OEI-02-20-00150
- Hospice Deficiencies Pose Risks to Medicare Beneficiaries (OEI-02-17-00020)
- Safeguards Must Be Strengthened To Protect Medicare Hospice Beneficiaries From Harm (OEI-02-17-00021)
- 2018 Performance Data for the Senior Medicare Patrol Projects (OEI-02-19-00280)
- Adverse Events in Long-Term-Care Hospitals: National Incidence Among Medicare Beneficiaries (OEI-06-14-00530)
- CMS Did Not Detect Some Inappropriate Claims for Durable Medical Equipment in Nursing Facilities (OEI-06-16-00380)
- 2017 Performance Data for the Senior Medicare Patrol Projects (OEI-02-18-00130)
- A Few States Fell Short in Timely Investigation of the Most Serious Nursing Home Complaints: 2011-2015 (OEI-01-16-00330)
- 2016 Performance Data for the Senior Medicare Patrol Project (OEI-02-17-00220)
- Hospices Should Improve Their Election Statements and Certifications of Terminal Illness (OEI-02-10-00492)
- Adverse Events in Rehabilitation Hospitals: National Incidence Among Medicare Beneficiaries (OEI-06-14-00110)
- Performance Data for the Senior Medicare Patrol Projects: June 2016 Performance Report (OEI-02-16-00190)
- Hospices Inappropriately Billed Medicare Over $250 Million for General Inpatient Care (OEI-02-10-00491)
- National Background Check Program for Long Term Care Employees: Interim Report (OEI-07-10-00420)
- The Medicare Payment System for Skilled Nursing Facilities Needs To Be Reevaluated (OEI-02-13-00610)
- Skilled Nursing Facility Billing for Changes in Therapy: Improvements are Needed (OEI-02-13-00611)
- Medicare Hospices Have Financial Incentives To Provide Care in Assisted Living Facilities (OEI-02-14-00070)
- Nursing Facilities' Compliance with Federal Regulations for Reporting Allegations of Abuse or Neglect (OEI-07-13-00010)
- Adverse Events in Skilled Nursing Facilities: National Incidence Among Medicare Beneficiaries (OEI-06-11-00370)
- Medicare Nursing Home Resident Hospitalization Rates Merit Additional Monitoring (OEI-06-11-00040)
- Frequency of Medicare Recertification Surveys for Hospices Is Unimproved (OEI-06-13-00130)
- Medicare Hospice: Use of General Inpatient Care (OEI-02-10-00490)
- Skilled Nursing Facilities Often Fail To Meet Care Planning and Discharge Planning Requirements (OEI-02-09-00201)
- Inappropriate Payments to Skilled Nursing Facilities Cost Medicare More Than a Billion Dollars in 2009 (OEI-02-09-00200)
- Criminal Convictions for Nurse Aides With Substantiated Findings of Abuse, Neglect, and Misappropriation (OEI-07-10-00422)
- Gaps Continue To Exist in Nursing Home Emergency Preparedness and Response During Disasters: 2007-2010 (OEI-06-09-00270)
- Nationwide Program for National and State Background Checks for Long-Term-Care Employees-Results of Long-Term-Care Provider Administrator Survey (OEI-07-10-00421)
- Replacing Average Wholesale Price: Medicaid Drug Payment Policy (OEI-03-11-00060)
- Payments for Medicare Part B Services During Non-Part A Nursing Home Stays in 2008 (OEI-06-07-00580)
- Nursing Facilities' Employment of Individuals With Criminal Convictions (OEI-07-09-00110)
- Questionable Billing by Skilled Nursing Facilities (OEI-02-09-00202)
- Medicare Part B Services During Non-Part A Nursing Home Stays: Enteral Nutrient Pricing (OEI-06-07-00590)
- Nursing Home Corporations Under Quality of Care Corporate Integrity Agreements (OEI-06-06-00570)
- Trends in Nursing Home Deficiencies and Complaints (OEI-02-08-00140; 09/08)
- Availability of Medicare Part D Drugs to Dual-Eligible Nursing Home Residents (OEI-02-06-00190)
- Role of Nursing Homes and Long Term Care Pharmacies in Assisting Dual-Eligible Residents With Selecting Part D Plans (OEI-02-06-00191)
- Nursing Home Enforcement: Processing Denials of Medicare Payment (OEI-06-03-00390)
- Medicare Part B Services for Nursing Home Residents: 2002 (OEI-05-06-00240; 01/07)
- Preadmission Screening and Resident Review for Younger Nursing Facility Residents With Serious Mental Illness (OEI-05-05-00220; 01/07)
- Preadmission Screening and Resident Review for Younger Nursing Facility Residents With Mental Retardation (OEI-07-05-00230; 01/07)
- NursingHome Emergency Preparedness and Response During Recent Hurricanes (OEI-06-06-00020;08/06)
- Nursing Home Complaint Investigations (OEI-01-04-00340; 07/06)
- Nursing Home Enforcement:Application of Mandatory Remedies (OEI-06-03-00410; 05/06)
- A Review of NursingFacility Resource Utilization Groups (OEI-02-02-00830; 03/06)
- State Referral of NursingHome Enforcement Cases (OEI-06-03-00400; 12/05)
- Nurse Aide Registries: Long TermCare Facility Compliance and Practices (OEI-07-04-00140; 08/05)
- Nursing Home Enforcement: Collectionof Civil Money Penalties (OEI-06-03-00420; 08/05)
- Nursing Facility Performance in AssessingResidents Timely and Submitting Required Minimum Data Set Records (OEI-06-02-00730;05/05)
- Nursing Homes Enforcement: The Use of Civil MoneyPenalties (OEI-06-02-00720; 04/05)
- Informal Dispute Resolution for Nursing Facilities (OEI-06-02-00750; 04/05)
- Emerging Practices in Nursing Homes (OEI-01-04-00070;03/05)
- Inspection Results on Nursing Home Compare: Completenessand Accuracy (OEI-01-03-00130; 07/04)
- Trends in the Assignment of Resource Utilization Groups (OEI-01-03-00180; 11/03)
- State Ombudsman Data: Nursing Home Complaints (OEI-09-02-00160)
- Psychosocial Services in Skilled Nursing Facilities (OEI-02-01-00610; 03/03)
- Nursing Home Deficiency Trends and Survey and Certification Process Consistency (OEI-02-01-00600;04/03)
- Nursing Home Medical Directors Survey (OEI-06-99-00300; 02/03)
- Quality Assurance Committees in Nursing Homes (OEI-01-01-00090; 01/03)
- Psychotropic Drug Use in Nursing Homes (OEI-02-00-00490; 11/01)
- Psychotropic Drug Use in Nursing Homes: Supplemental Information?10 Case Studies (OEI-02-00-00491;11/01)
- Physical , Occupational, and Speech Therapy for Medicare Nursing Home Patients:Medical Necessity and Qualiy of Care Based on Treatment Diagnosis (OEI-09-99-00563; 08/01)
- Physical, Occupational, and Speech Therapy for Medicare Nursing Home Patients: Medical Necessity,Cost and Documentation Under the $1500 Therapy Caps (OEI-09-99-00560; 08/01)
- Younger Nursing Facility Residents with Mental Illness: An Unidentified Population (OEI-05-99-00701;1/01)
- Younger Nursing Facility Residents with Mental Illness: Preadmission Screening and Resident ReviewImplementation and Oversight (OEI-05-99-00700; 1/01)
- Medicare Payments for Psychiatric Services in Nursing Homes: A Follow-Up (OEI-02-99-00140; 1/01)
- Nursing Home Resident Assessment: Quality of Care (OEI-02-99-00040; 1/01)
- Nursing Home Resident Assessment: Resource Utilization Group (OEI-02-99-00041; 1/01)
- Nursing Home Vaccination: Reaching Healthy People Goals (OEI-01-99-00010; 4/00)
- Medicare Coverage of Glucose Monitoring Performed in Nursing Homes (OEI-05-99-00380; 5/99)
- Early Effects of the Prospective Payment System on Access to Skilled Nursing Facilities: NursingHome Administrators' Perspective (OEI-02-99-00401; 10/99)
- Effects of the Prospective Payment System on Access to Skilled Nursing Facilities for Patientswith End-Stage Renal Disease (OEI-02-99-00402 10/99)
- Early Effects of the Prospective Payment System on Access to Skilled Nursing Facilities (OEI-02-9900400;8/99)
- Physical And Occupational Therapy in Nursing Homes: Medical Necessity and Quality of Care (OEI-09-97-00121;8/99)
- Physical And Occupational Therapy in Nursing Homes: Cost of Improper Billings to Medicare (OEI-09-97-00122;8/99)
- Abuse Complaints of Nursing Home Patients (OEI-06-98-00340; 6/99)
- Quality of Care in Nursing Homes: An Overview (OEI-02-98-00060; 3/99)
- Long Term Care Ombudsman Program: Complaints Trends (OEI-02-98-00350; 3/99)
- Long Term Care Ombudsman Program: Overall Capacity (OEI-02-98-00351; 3/99)
- Public Access to Nursing Home Survey and Certification Results (OEI-06-98-00280; 3/99)
- Nursing Home Survey and Certification: Overall Capacity (OEI 02-98-00330; 3/99)
- Nursing Home Survey and Certification: Deficiency Trends (OEI-02-98-00331; 3/99)
- Medicare Hospice Beneficiaries: Services and Eligibility (OEI-04-93-00270; 4/98)
- Medicare Hospital Discharge Planning (OEI-02-94-00320; 12/97)
- Hospice and Nursing Home Contractual Relationships (OEI-05-95-00251; 11/97)
- Portable Imaging Services: Nursing Home Perspectives (OEI-09-95-00091; 11/97)
- Portable Imaging Services: A Costly Option (OEI-09-95-00090; 11/97)
- Prescription Drug Use In Nursing Homes - Report 1 - An Introduction Based on Texas (OEI-06-96-00080;11/97)
- Prescription Drug Use In Nursing Homes - Report 2 - An Inside View by Consultant Pharmacists (OEI-06-96-00081;11/97)
- Prescription Drug Use In Nursing Homes - Report 3 - A Pharmaceutical Review and Inspection Recommendations (OEI-06-96-00082; 11/97)
- Imaging Services for Nursing Home Patients: Medical Necessity (OEI-09-95-00092; 8/97)
- Hospice Patients in Nursing Homes (OEI-05-95-00250; 9/97)
- Part B Services in Nursing Homes--An Overview (OEI-06-92-00865; 3/96)
- Durable Medical Equipment Payments in Nursing Homes (OEI-06-92-00862; 3/96)
- Enteral Nutrient Payments in Nursing Homes (OEI-06-92-00861; 3/96)
- Use of Nursing Home and Medigap Guides (OEI-04-92-00481; 5/94)
- Beneficiaries' Plans for Financing Nursing Home Care (OEI-04-92-00482; 4/94)
- State Progress in Carrying Out the Nursing Home Survey Reforms (OEI-01-91-01580; 5/93)
- Minimizing Restraints in Nursing Homes: A Guide to Action (OEI-01-91-00840; 2/92)
- Medicare Beneficiaries' Plans for Financing Nursing Home Care (OEI-04-90-89031; 11/91)
- Resident Abuse in Nursing Homes: Understanding and Preventing Abuse (OEI-06-88-00360; 4/90)
- Resident Abuse in Nursing Homes: Resolving Physical Abuse Complaints (OEI-06-88-00361; 4/90)
- Nursing Home Technical Assistance Project (OAI-12-88-01240; 06/88)
- HIV/AIDS: Nursing Home Discrimination Complaints (OEI-03-91-00960; 8/93)
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