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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

Eleven of Thirty Selected Hospitals Did Not Comply With Terms and Conditions and Federal Requirements for Expending Provider Relief Fund Payments

Ten of Thirty Selected Nursing Facilities Did Not Comply or May Not Have Complied With Terms and Conditions and Federal Requirements for Expending Provider Relief Fund Payments

CMS Use of Staffing Data To Inform State Oversight of Nursing Homes

State Survey Agencies Need Additional Guidance to Assess Nursing Home Emergency Preparedness Programs

Nonprofit and Government-Owned Nursing Homes Generally Complied With Federal Requirements Regarding the Infection Preventionist Position

Seven of Thirty Hospices Reviewed Did Not Comply or May Not Have Complied With Terms and Conditions and Federal Requirements for Provider Relief Fund Payments

National Background Check Program for Long-Term Care Providers: A Final Assessment

Medicare Part D Paid Millions for Drugs for Which Payment Was Available Under the Medicare Part A Skilled Nursing Facility Benefit

Massachusetts Could Better Ensure That Nursing Homes Comply With Federal Requirements for Life Safety, Emergency Preparedness, and Infection Control

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