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CMS should take further action to address states with poor performance in conducting nursing home surveys
CMS should take further action to address states with poor performance in conducting nursing home surveys
- Collection:
- Health Policy and Services Research
- Series Title(s):
- Report in brief (United States. Department of Health and Human Services. Office of Inspector General)
- Contributor(s):
- United States. Department of Health and Human Services. Office of Inspector General. Office of Evaluation and Inspections, issuing body.
- Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General, January 2022
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Text
- Subject(s):
- Government Regulation
Health Care Surveys -- standards
Nursing Homes -- legislation & jurisprudence
Public Reporting of Healthcare Data
United States
United States. Department of Health and Human Services
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (U.S.) - Genre(s):
- Technical Report
- Abstract:
- Why OIG Did This Review. CMS oversees how State survey agencies (States) conduct surveys of nursing homes to assess the homes’ compliance with Federal requirements. CMS provides training, funding, and other assistance to States for nursing home oversight and assesses their performance. Recent work by OIG has found problems with performance by some States—for example, one study found that States did not always verify whether nursing homes corrected deficiencies cited during the surveys. Another study found that several States fell far short in conducting timely surveys following serious complaints about nursing homes, such as complaints alleging serious injury. These findings raise questions about the effectiveness of CMS oversight of State performance in conducting nursing home surveys, and the ability of CMS to hold States accountable when problems arise. How OIG Did This Review. This review focused on CMS oversight of 52 States (including Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia) during FYs 2015–2018. We conducted interviews with CMS staff at the central office and 10 regional offices during February and March, 2020, to learn how they work with States to address serious problems with survey performance and any challenges that States may face. We also collected and analyzed documents from CMS about State performance and CMS imposition of remedies and sanctions on States with poor performance.
- Copyright:
- The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (1 PDF file (39 pages))
- Illustrations:
- Illustrations
- NLM Unique ID:
- 9918383787906676 (See catalog record)
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/9918383787906676