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Cattledog

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Tue Dec 26, 2017, 07:47 PM Dec 2017

Trump admin rolling back use of fines against nursing homes. [View all]

The Trump administration is reportedly rolling back the use of fines against nursing homes that have been cited for violations such as neglect or mistreatment.

The move comes after the nursing home industry requested the change in the Medicare program's penalty protocols, The New York Times reported over the holiday weekend.

The American Health Care Association had argued that inspectors were too focused on finding wrongdoings at nursing homes instead of assisting the facilities.

“It is critical that we have relief,” Mark Parkinson, the group’s president, wrote in a letter to Donald Trump, then president-elect, in December 2016.

http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/366497-trump-admin-rolling-back-use-of-fines-against-nursing-homes#.WkLMuSSe_hs.facebook

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