Sec. 9. Enhancing Federal oversight of nursing homes participating in Medicare or Medicaid

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Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall publish the following lists on the official internet website of the Federal Government for Medicare beneficiaries (commonly referred to as the Nursing Home Compare Medicare website) (or a successor website): A list of all participating providers that are included in the special focus facility program conducted under sections 1819(f)(8) and 1919(f)(10) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395i–3(f)(8) , 1396r(f)(10)).

A list of all participating providers that have been identified as candidates for such program, based on the most recent survey of the facility. The Secretary shall publish periodic updates of the lists published under subsection

(a)no less often than once every 30 days. To the extent that the Secretary maintains a system to collect certification deficiencies and licensure violations relating to participating providers (such as the Automated Survey Processing Environment ASPEN or a successor system), the Secretary shall develop methods to separately track reports of confirmed incidents of abuse or neglect in such providers on survey forms through such system. Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary, after consultation with staff of participating providers and other long-term care facilities that receive provider payments under the Medicare or Medicaid programs, shall issue guidance for such participating providers and other long-term care facilities to clarify the meaning of certain terms, such as suspicious , injuries of unknown source , and mistreatment , when used in the statutory and regulatory requirements for such providers relating to reporting and tracking incidents of abuse, sexual abuse, neglect, mistreatment, or exploitation of residents of such providers by facility staff, including on social media.

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42 USC 1395i–3(f)(8)

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Enhancing Federal oversight of nursing homes participating in Medicare or Medicaid

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