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CMS’s Processes Were Not Effective in Ensuring the Accuracy of Staffing Information Reported in the Payroll-Based Journal

Medicare Advantage Organizations Overturned Nearly All Appealed Prior Authorization Denials for Skilled Nursing Facility Admission, Raising Concerns About Initial Denials

Connecticut Did Not Always Ensure Selected Nursing Homes Complied With Federal and State Background Check Requirements

Most Nursing Homes Throughout the United States Do Not Have Adequate or Reliable Emergency Power Systems

Nursing Homes Inappropriately Diagnosed Residents with Schizophrenia to Mask the Misuse of Antipsychotic Drugs

Nursing Homes’ Inappropriate Use of Antipsychotic Drugs Poses a Risk to Residents

Indiana Generally Ensured That Selected Nursing Homes Complied With Federal Background Check Requirements

Fourteen of Thirty Selected Indian Health Service and Rural Providers Did Not Comply or May Not Have Complied With Terms and Conditions and Federal Requirements for Expending Provider Relief Fund Payments

Nine of Thirty Selected Assisted Living Facilities Did Not Comply With Terms and Conditions and Federal Requirements for Expending Provider Relief Fund Payments

New Jersey Should Improve Its Oversight of Nursing Homes’ Compliance With Background Check Requirements

Medicare Improperly Paid Selected Optometrists for Services Provided to Enrollees at Nursing Facilities

Four of Thirty Selected Dental Providers Did Not Comply With Terms and Conditions and Federal Requirements for Expending Provider Relief Fund Payments

Nearly All Skilled Nursing Services Provided by Pinnacle Multicare Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Did Not Meet Medicare Payment Requirements

CMS’s Special Focus Facility Program for Nursing Homes Has Not Yielded Lasting Improvements

Special Focus Facility Program Nursing Homes, 2013–2022

Serious Falls Resulting in Hospitalization Among Medicare-Enrolled Nursing Home Residents, July 2022–June 2023

Nursing Homes Failed To Report 43 Percent of Falls With Major Injury and Hospitalization Among Their Medicare-Enrolled Residents

Hawaii Did Not Ensure That Selected Nursing Facilities Complied With Federal and State Background Check Requirements

Alabama Did Not Always Verify Selected Nursing Homes’ Compliance With Background Check Requirements

Wisconsin Physicians Service Government Health Administrators Reopened and Corrected Cost Report Final Settlements for Desk Reviews Only With Obvious Errors To Correct Payments Made to Medicare Providers

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