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...
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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...