Article: Clinton Announces Initiative to Improve Quality of Nursing Homes

Article: Senator Bond Renews Demand HCFA Investigate Failed ...
U.S. Newswire;  June 21, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... overseeing Missouri's nursing homes and ensuring that ... statutory deadline. "HCFA apparently is frightfully ... s monitoring of nursing homes and handling of ... mandated standards for nursing homes and has requested ... responses concerning HCFA's oversight of ...

Article: GAO: HCFA FAILED TO SANCTION CALIF. NURSING ...
Modern Healthcare;  August 3, 1998 ;     700+ words ... ... by lawmakers that HCFA had been hoodwinked by nursing homes. The GAO undertook ... the cleaners" by nursing homes that took advantage of HCFA's policy of allowing ... which the GAO said nursing homes can predict. Hash said HCFA plans to increase ...

Transcript: WEBWIRE --- HHSIG REPORT FINDS HCFA FAILING TO ENSURE ...
Capitol Hill Press Releases;  November 17, 1997 ;     700+ words ... ... 5364 Grassley: HCFA Failing to Ensure Proper Use of Drugs in Nursing Homes New HHS Inspector ... prescription drug use in nursing homes arc being fulfilled, said Grassley. 'HCFA needs to assume ... on the progress HCFA has made in addressing ... drug therapy in nursing ...

Article: What's happening with HCFA's software mandate? (Health ...
Nursing Homes;  July 1, 1994 ;     700+ words ... ... questions were posed by Nursing Homes Editor Richard L ... months regarding HCFA's proposed October ... the changes, to HCFA for approval. This ... at which point nursing homes themselves will ... vendor. Then, too, HCFA is still very much ... So it is still in nursing ...

Article: HCFA allows nursing homes to correct errors ...
McKnight's Long-Term Care News;  May 5, 2000 ;     700+ words ...HCFA implemented a new correction ... Minimum Data Set databases in nursing homes as well as in state and federal ... our members." According to HCFA, Version 1.10 of the Minimum ... who has not been discharged. HCFA also implemented enhanced edits ...

Article: HCFA chief plans ratings system for nursing ...
McKnight's Long-Term Care News;  July 16, 2001 ;     700+ words ...New HCFA administrator gives ... newly-elected HCFA administrator Thomas ... of care provided by nursing homes and other healthcare ... the performance of nursing homes across the country ... It would take HCFA a number of years ...

Article: HCFA COURTS CONGRESS' IRE WITH FAILURE TO TESTIFY ON ...
Modern Healthcare;  March 29, 1999 ;     700+ words ...HCFA caused a flap at a Senate hearing last week ... congressional testimony, which stipulates that HCFA presents its case before the appearance of ... congressional committees in the past,'' HCFA wrote to Sen. Charles Grassley (D-Iowa ...