Newsletter Articles | December 1, 2001
Senator Questions CMS’ Inappropriate Payments For Psychiatric Services In Nursing Homes
OPEN MINDS, The Behavioral Health & Social Service Industry Analyst
Industry News
Senator Charles E. Grassley (R-IA) is demanding that the new administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) explain how the agency has dealt with lingering problems with the way nursing homes bill for psychiatric services. Senator Grassley wrote a letter to CMS Administrator Tom Scully on October 9, 2001 asking him to report on the agency's response to a January 2001 investigation by the Office of Inspector General (OIG). The OIG found that 39 . . .