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Republican Senate Candidate For Pennsylvania Mehmet Oz Holds Election Night Event In Newtown

TV's Dr. Oz invested in businesses regulated by the agency Trump wants him to run

11:02am November 22, 2024

The celebrity doctor recently held investments worth tens of millions of dollars in health care, tech, and food companies which could pose significant conflicts of interest.

Former President Trump Holds Rally In Pennsylvania Ahead Of Midterms

Trump picks Dr. Oz to lead Medicare and Medicaid

5:17pm November 19, 2024

In announcing his pick, Trump said Oz will work closely with RFK Jr. "to take on the illness industrial complex." Oz, a celebrity physician, ran unsuccessfully for the U.S. Senate in 2022.

SEIU nursing home workers have been calling for safer staffing levels for years.

Health & Safety

Labor unions praise Biden's plan to boost staffing at nursing homes

6:32pm September 01, 2023

For the first time ever, nursing homes may soon have to guarantee a registered nurse is working 24/7 in every facility.

A review of 90 government audits, released exclusively to KHN in response to a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit, reveals that some health insurers issuing Medicare Advantage plans have tried to sidestep regulations requiring them to document medical conditions the government paid them to treat.

How Medicare Advantage plans dodged auditors and overcharged taxpayers by millions

5:00am December 12, 2022

A KHN investigation found when some Medicare Advantage plans got a rare federal audit, they couldn't produce billing records for care they said they'd provided. Some blamed fire, flood — or doctors.

Maurice Miller lies in bed in his room at a nursing home in Takoma Park, Md., on Thursday. The Biden administration is planning to establish a federal minimum staffing requirement for nursing homes as part of a broader push to improve care for seniors and

Health & Safety

Nursing home residents suffer from staffing shortages, but the jobs are hard to fill

9:51am April 06, 2022

by Andrea Hsu

To address the problem of poor care, President Biden is calling for a federal minimum staffing requirement in nursing homes. The nursing home industry says there aren't workers to fill the jobs.

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Seema Verma, administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), speaks during a news conference in Washington, D.C., Tuesday, March 10th, 2020.

To Stop The Pandemic, Seema Verma Is 'Getting Rid Of A Lot Of Regulations'

7:41pm March 31, 2020

by Mary Louise Kelly

As head of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Verma says she's working to ease safety rules and lighten licensing requirements, to expand the number of hospital beds and health workers.

Two reports from the federal government have determined that many cases of abuse or neglect of elderly patients that are severe enough to require medical attention are not being reported to enforcement agencies by nursing homes or health workers — even

Health Workers Still Aren't Alerting Police About Likely Elder Abuse, Reports Find

2:24pm June 12, 2019

by Ina Jaffe

Workers in nursing homes, hospital ERs and other health facilities are required by law to notify police whenever they notice likely signs of physical or sexual abuse. But that's often not happening.

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A woman discharged from a Baltimore hospital, later identified as Rebecca, was captured on video by passerby Imamu Baraka.

Federal Regulator Cites Baltimore Hospital After Patient Left At Bus Stop In Gown

3:14pm March 21, 2018

by Merrit Kennedy

The investigation by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services found that the hospital failed to protect the patient from "harassment and potential harm."

The Washington Post reports that President Trump, shown here with former Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price, personally intervened to delay approval of Iowa's waiver application.

Administration Sends Mixed Signals On State Health Insurance Waivers

9:05am October 19, 2017

by Alison Kodjak

When states applied for waivers from Obamacare rules to reduce premiums and strengthen their insurance markets, they didn't get the answers they wanted, prompting some to suggest a conspiracy.