(sate contracted out oversite yet??)North Texas Nursing Home With Alleged Sexual Assault Has Third Most Fines Nationwide

North Texas Nursing Home With Alleged Sexual Assault Has Third Most Fines Nationwide: Over the last three years, Texas leads the nation for financial penalties at nursing homes by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services at 249 fines, and it isn't close. Second place is California with only 139 fines over the same period, even though California has more nursing home residents. CMS is constantly evaluating the 15,000 nursing homes around the country, keeping detailed reports that keep track of everything from bed sore frequency to sexual assault. Thanks to an interactive map and search engine from ProPublica's Nursing Home Inspect, Texas' nursing home struggles are on full display. Emerald Hills Rehabilitation And Healthcare Center in North Richland Hills has been fined $1.25 million over the last three years by CMS, the third most in the country. In 2017 at Emerald Hills, a report reads that the facility failed to ensure four residents were free from abuse, including sexual assault by a certified nursing assistant. It details forensic testing of a resident that