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Federal Government Discourages Penalties for Nursing Home Abuse Despite Report Calling for More Oversight

New York, NY: Since 2017, the Trump administration has been rolling back Obama-era rules intended to protect patients from elder care neglect. Since 2016, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), part of the Federal Department of Health and Human Services, has been making rules that prevent victims of nursing home injury from bringing civil lawsuits to recover damages for neglect and abuse. Then in 2017, CMS discouraged its regional offices from fining care centers for one-time violations and issued a memo discouraging directors of state agencies from issuing daily fines for certain violations.
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- Inspections Show Serious Incidences of Care Center Abuse By Heidi Turner (Jan-17-13)
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- More Allegations of Care Center Abuse at Florida Facility By Heidi Turner (Nov-15-12)
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