Two studies show the vulnerability of seniors — how to protect them.
One in five high-risk emergency room Medicare claims were likely the result of abuse or neglect, a new government report found — and the skilled nursing facilities where they originated did not report those issues.
In a separate report the OIG also released Wednesday, it found nearly 31,000 Medicare claims supported by medical records that contain evidence of abuse or neglect. The agency estimated more than 2,500 of those incidents were perpetrated by a health care worker, 3,330 were related to a medical facility and more than 9,200 were not reported to law enforcement.
Most instances of abuse or neglect happened outside of medical facilities, and not by a health care worker. Family members were most likely to perpetrate potential abuse or neglect, followed by a spouse or significant other. More than six in 10 of these claims happened in the beneficiaries’ home, followed by someone else’s home or a public place .
CMS said in a statement to the OIG it would assess and strengthen existing federal requirements to report abuse claims and seek additional authorities, but it did not agree with OIG recommendations to compile a list of diagnosis codes, use that list to conduct periodic data testing of Medicare claims that would contain those codes and inform states of these data to ensure compliance with their reporting laws.
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