Transcript: WEBWIRE --- HHSIG REPORT FINDS HCFA FAILING TO ENSURE PROPER USE OF DRUGS IN NURSING HOMES

Article: Nursing Homes Be Aware: OIG Issues ...
Mondaq Business Briefing;  May 27, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... to ensure this, the OIG advises that nursing homes regularly assess their ... Consequently, the OIG advises that nursing homes should document and review ... procedures. However, the OIG advises that nursing homes must assure that any ...

Article: OIG issues fraud alert for nursing homes.
Subacute Care Management;  October 1, 1998 ;     700+ words ...OIG issues fraud alert for nursing homes Federal authorities have issued ... fraud alert is the first from the OIG concerning nursing homes and hospices. These are the high points of the OIG's warning: * Hospices should ...

Article: American Physical Therapy Association Supports OIG ...
PR Newswire;  September 2, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... Occupational Therapy in Nursing Homes: Medical Necessity ... of Care," the OIG found that 83 percent ... therapy provided in nursing homes was medically necessary ... guidelines." The OIG report titled ... Occupational Therapy in Nursing Homes: Cost of Improper ...

Article: OIG report sees mixed picture of QA committees. (News ...
Nursing Homes;  April 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... news and bad news on nursing homes' quality assessment ... of Inspector General (OIG) of the Department of ... 1997 to 2001, 99% of nursing homes studied met Centers for ... effectiveness. To read the OIG report, visit http ...

Article: What's on the OIG's Mind: Part I.(Office of the Inspector ...
Nursing Homes;  April 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... enforcement against nursing homes, as well as new potential ... I examined the OIG's advisory opinion ... dhhs.gov/progorg/oig/readrm/index ... targeted areas for nursing homes, as identified by the OIG, are as follows ...

Article: OIG gives qualified approval to free hospice program.
Home Health Business Report;  April 24, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... In 1998, the OIG issued a special ... arrangements between nursing homes and hospices and ... remuneration to the nursing homes for permitting the ... patients. While the OIG said that at least ... condition. The OIG noted that it has ... services to patients in nursing ...

Article: What's on the OIG's Mind, Part 2 -- Compliance Planning.
Nursing Homes;  October 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... What's on the OIG's Mind: Part 1," Nursing Homes/Long Term Care ... As with the OIG's previous ... Compliance Plan for nursing homes outlines problem ... requirements for nursing homes and can be the ... actions." The OIG suggests that ...