Friday, October 10, 2014

Low-Income Homes/ Failure of Care Settlement



Missoulian: Missoula gets $600K grant to help low-income families buy homes
Montana Home Investment Partnerships (HOME) Program
“The HOME program is a federal block grant program directed by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and is designed to create affordable housing for low-income households. The Montana Department of Commerce (MDOC) is responsible for the administration of HOME within the state of Montana. MDOC provides HOME funds to community housing development organizations (CHDOs), public housing authorities (PHAs), and units of local government (counties and incorporated cities and towns) throughout the state, with the exception of Billings, Great Falls and Missoula (some exceptions may apply), which receive HOME fund allocations directly from HUD. An individual may not apply directly to the state HOME program. ”

Missoulian: Nursing home chain to pay $38M in US settlement
Extendicare Health Services Inc. Agrees to Pay $38 Million to Settle False Claims Act Allegations Relating to the Provision of Substandard Nursing Care and Medically Unnecessary Rehabilitation Therapy
Extendicare Health Services Inc. (Extendicare) and its subsidiary Progressive Step Corporation (ProStep) have agreed to pay $38 million to the United States and eight states to resolve allegations that Extendicare billed Medicare and Medicaid for materially substandard nursing services that were so deficient that they were effectively worthless and billed Medicare for medically unreasonable and unnecessary rehabilitation therapy services, the Justice Department and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (HHS-OIG) jointly announced today.  This resolution is the largest failure of care settlement with a chain-wide skilled nursing facility in the department’s history.”

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