Nebraska institution nears loss of federal funding
September 29th, 2009From the Omaha World-Herald:
Nebraska’s troubled Beatrice State Developmental Center has moved a step closer to losing $25 million a year in federal Medicaid funds. The state has received word that its appeal of Medicaid decertification has been denied.
The Beatrice Center’s funding has been in jeopardy since September 2006, when it failed seven of eight federal standards and received two federal citations for problems that endangered residents. Earlier this year, state inspectors found that problems at the center had led to the death of an 18-year-old woman.
The center, which cares for about 185 people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, has also been cited by the U.S. Justice Department, which found that its practices had violated residents’ constitutional and legal rights.
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