#488: 10-19-98 - NEWS ADVISORY JUSTICE, HHS TO FOCUS ON NURSING HOME FRAUD AND ABUSE NATIONAL CONFERENCE SCHEDULED FOR OCT. 21-22

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CIV MONDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1998 (202) 616-2765 WWW.USDOJ.GOV DD (202) 514-1888 NEWS ADVISORY JUSTICE, HHS TO FOCUS ON NURSING HOME FRAUD AND ABUSE NATIONAL CONFERENCE SCHEDULED FOR OCT. 21-22 WASHINGTON, D.C. - Deputy Attorney General Eric Holder, HHS Inspector General June Gibbs Brown, and Health Care Financing Administration Administrator Nancy-Ann DeParle will address a national enforcement conference on nursing home fraud and abuse on Wednesday. The conference will focus on developing a coordinated plan to bolster federal, state and local enforcement efforts against fraud and abuse in nursing homes and long-term care facilities--particularly when the abuse results in patient harm and neglect. The conference is co-sponsored by the Departments of Justice and Health and Human Services and will be attended by experts from the Justice Department, HHS, Veterans Administration and state and local agencies including the National Association of Attorneys General, the National District Attorneys Association, and the Association of State Agencies on Aging. Opening remarks of the conference will be open to the media. The remainder of the conference, scheduled for October 21-22, will be closed to the press. What: National Conference on Nursing Home Fraud and Abuse Opening remarks: Eric Holder, Deputy Attorney General June Gibbs Brown, HHS Inspector General Nancy-Ann DeParle, Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) Administrator When: Wednesday, October 21 12:00 noon Where: Dulles Hilton Hotel Herndon, Virginia #### 98-488