Nursing Homes: Additional Steps Needed to Strengthen Enforcement of Federal Quality Standards

The report provides information on the enforcement of federal nursing home standards. It (1) provides national data on the existence of serious deficiencies in nursing home compliance with Medicare & Medicaid standards, & (2) discusses the use of sanction authority for homes that failed to maintain compliance with the standards. It also evaluates the extent to which these actions would address any problems identified. Includes testimony by William J. Scanlon, Dir., Health Financing & Public Health Issues, Health, Education, & Human Services Division, GAO. Charts & tables.Nursing Homes: Additional Steps Needed to Strengthen Enforcement of Federal Quality Standards, with ISBN 9780788186370 and ISBN 078818637X.