Nursing Home Bill Could End Bonuses For Poorly Performing Facilities
The Des Moines Register reported on a new bill proposed by Senator Tom Coburn (R- Oklahoma) that would end the practice of paying poorly performing nursing homes a bonus. Under the current system, nursing homes across the country are paid hundreds of millions of dollars in bonuses by taxpayers regardless of their record of health and safety violations at their facilities. The Register looked at eight programs in seven states where regulatory violations don't disqualify a nursing home from receiving a bonus and determined the eight programs alone cost taxpayers $312 million per year. "We paid out in excess of...
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