Grassley: Performance-based bonuses to care facilities need to be explained
Tuesday, March 4th, 2008.
>Des Moines, IA - U.S. Sen. Charles Grassley wants federal officials to explain why taxpayers are being billed $8 million each year for performance-pay bonuses that are going to some of Iowa’s worst nursing homes…
The newspaper said 428 of Iowa’s nursing homes are participating in a state program that boosts the amount of Medicaid money they collect for resident care if they score well on certain “accountability measures.”
The Register’s analysis of the program shows that last year, 23 Iowa homes faced large fines for the abuse or neglect of seniors. Of those 23 homes, 16 are now collecting performance-based bonuses from the Medicaid program. Two of the homes that will collect bonuses this year are on a federal list of the worst nursing homes in the nation.
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