Jenni Bergal

Feds Say Nursing Homes Overbilled Medicare By $1.5 Billion

At a time when the nursing home industry is lobbying Congress to avoid cuts in Medicare payments, a federal watchdog agency is reporting that taxpayers overpaid nursing homes $1.5 billion. The study released this week by the inspector general’s office of the Department of Health and Human Services concluded that nursing homes billed about a quarter of […]

Feds Say Nursing Homes Overbilled Medicare By $1.5 Billion

At a time when the nursing home industry is lobbying Congress to avoid cuts in Medicare payments, a federal watchdog agency is reporting that taxpayers overpaid nursing homes $1.5 billion. The study released this week by the inspector general’s office of the

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Nursing Home Patients Returning To The Community

This story was produced in collaboration with the Washington Post. After nearly two years in a Baltimore nursing home, Sonia Savage was eager to leave. She was in her late 20s, surrounded by older people and feeling “it wasn’t a place for me.” Savage had suffered a traumatic brain injury, a stroke and broken bones […]

Nursing Home Patients Returning To The Community

This story was produced in collaboration with the Washington Post. After nearly two years in a Baltimore nursing home, Sonia Savage was eager to leave. She was in her late 20s, surrounded by older people and feeling "it wasn't a place for me." Savage had suffered a traumatic brain injury, a stroke and broken bones after being struck by a car

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