A recent New York Times investigative report examined the Medicare five-star rating system for nursing homes, and concluded that it portrays many of them as much better than they really are and may mask serious and potentially dangerous deficiencies.
Just published, a listing of Nursing Home Citations in California, arranged by county, with summaries & fines issued. In an effort to provide concise yet meaningful information about fines (“citations”) received by California’s ~1,235 nursing homes, CANHR has summarized the citations issued by the Licensing and Certification Division of the Department of Public Health to nursing homes in 2013.
SB 1124, authored by Senator Ed Hernandez (D-Los Angeles), will be heard in the Assembly Appropriations Committee this week. Passed by the Senate Health and Appropriations Committees, and passed by the Assembly Health Committee, our legislators recognize that the current system is not only unfair and inequitable, but clearly discriminates against low-income elders.
San Francisco—SB 1124, authored by Senator Ed Hernandez (D-Los Angeles), will be heard in the Assembly Appropriations Committee this week. Passed by the Senate Health and Appropriations Committees, and passed by the Assembly Health Committee, our legislators recognize that the current system is not only unfair and inequitable, but clearly discriminates against low-income elders.SB 1124 is a response to consumer concerns and consumer outrage at being forced to obtain coverage via a Medi-Cal managed care program if their income is too low for Covered California; being denied information as to what the monthly capitated managed care rate might be; and then, when they die, having their estates and the estates of their spouses subject to Medi-Cal recovery because they are aged 55 or older, regardless of what health care services they use.Even more outrageous is the fact that, for the first three years of the Medi-Cal Expansion program, the costs are paid solely by federal funds, with no state funds involved.
Medi-Cal Recovery Reform in Peril!Expensive Health Care Loans for Low Income Citizens San Francisco—SB 1124, authored by Senator Ed Hernandez (D-Los Angeles), will be heard in the Assembly Appropriations Committee this week.
In this Issue
AB 1572 significantly strengthens the rights of Residential Care Facility for the Elderly (RCFE) residents and their families to form resident and family councils.
Nazareth Agua Caliente Villa, a Residential Care Facility for the Elderly in Sonoma, was cited for multiple regulatory violations after several staff members routinely restrained a resident by holding his hands and legs down while he was given personal care.
The stories begin airing on The California Report on Monday, August 4th. They run August 4th and 5th and then again the following Monday and Tuesday, August 11th and 12th.