The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of the Inspector General issued a report that concludes that more than 90 percent of nursing homes employ one or more people who have been convicted of at least one crime. Five percent of all nursing home employees working in...
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States Awarded Grants for Background Checks
The Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS) has awarded $13 million to six states – Alaska, Conn, Del., Fla., Mo., R.I. – to perform technology-driven background checks for certain long-term care providers. This is a legislatively mandated Federal program, a part of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The purpose...
Background Checks to be Funded in Six States
Alaska, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Missouri and Rhode Island will split the first round of the grant funding from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services for creating comprehensive, streamlined background check systems for long-term care employees. Other states are expected to apply later this month. States will use the funding...
Avoid Indiana Long-Term Care if You Can!
Indiana has opted not to participate in the federal program around nurse background checks. According to officials the state cannot afford its $1 million share. Under the healthcare reform law, states could apply for a federal matching grant of 75% of the cost of implementing nurse background checks, up to...
Nursing Home Background Checks Legislation Re-Introduced
Sens. Herb Kohl (D-WI) and Susan Collins (R-ME) have reintroduced a bill to establish a nationwide system of background checks to prevent people with criminal histories from working in long-term care settings. The bill, the Patient Safety and Abuse Prevention Act, expands on a three-year pilot program that helped to...