Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement

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Nursing Home Patients Allege CARES Act Payment Theft

Many patients residing in nursing homes have received CARES Act stimulus checks — and shockingly, some nursing facilities have tried to steal these payments from these vulnerable residents. Then: Originally, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) first started reporting that some nursing facilities were having residents sign over their CARES Act checks to them, which is in violation of the tax [...]
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