Two nursing homes will lose Medicare funding in 30 days, and many families are worried their loved ones will have no place to go.
The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services has pulled funding from two nursing homes owned by Rome-based Forum Healthcare group.
It said it had determined that patients at the facilities were in - quote – “immediate jeopardy.”
According to the Rome News Tribune, about half the patients in the two homes are on Medicare. This means close to a hundred patients will either have to move or pay for their care out-of-pocket.
Rome has just five other nursing homes. Only two, according to the newspaper account, have room for more than a couple of additional patients
Forum Healthcare officials say they are appealing the decision and hope to avert the crisis.
Tuesday, June 26, 2007
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