Congressional Seniors Task Force To CMS: Self Reporting Of Nursing Home Staff Levels Illegal

Democratic members of the Congressional Seniors Task Force are demanding that CMS implement a program to obtain nursing home staffing information using payroll data instead of the current process of relying on annual self-reporting by such facilities, which the lawmakers suggest is illegal. Six task force members wrote to HHS administrator Marilyn Tavenner last week that CMS is violating provisions of the Affordable Care Act that went into effect in 2012 and putting seniors who are choosing nursing homes based...