Richard Blumenthal actually said...

"It is so critically important not only for saving dollars, which will be a priority going forward as the Affordable Care Act is implemented, but also for stopping the kinds of patient safety violation..."

"The ultimate form of identification would be some kind of national patient identifier..."

"If there are problems indicated at a particular nursing home, do you accelerate the re-review or the re-survey, the visits in that case?"

"the QAPI program requires a plan on the part of the skilled nursing facility."