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Question: How do elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation
affect Medicare and Medicaid?
- The human, social, and economic cost of elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation is high and includes unnecessary expenditures of Medicare and Medicaid funds.
- Nearly 1.5 million Americans reside in 17,000 nursing homes throughout the Nation and the vast majority of nursing homes participate in Medicare and Medicaid programs.
- The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), which provides two-thirds of the money to nursing homes, reported that facilities with staffing below 4.1 hours per resident per day cannot insure proper quality care and also have a (provide a level of care that result in harm and jeopardy to the residents.) substantially increased risk for problems.