Alfred Santos This is Me

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1. 1. www.projo.com

   www.projo.com/news/content/CHA - [Cached]

   Published on: 3/23/2007   Last Visited: 3/23/2007

   Alfred Santos, president of the Rhode Island Health Care Association, which represents for-profit nursing homes, kicked off the discussion with a challenge. "Our attorney says this is unconstitutional," Santos said.
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   Santos said that 13 nursing homes would be affected by the rules because they have less than 50 percent Medicaid patients. Together, he said, they would owe $887,000 in charity care. "I would suggest they get out of Medicaid," he said.

2. 2. Carcieri and HEALTH Release First Statewide Report on Family & Resident Satisfaction for Nursing Home Care in Rhode Island

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   Published on: 11/15/2006   Last Visited: 1/9/2007

   Alfred Santos, CEO of the Rhode Island Health Care Association said: " The Rhode Island Health Care Association and its member nursing home facilities are extremely supportive of any process or project grounded in quality improvement. We were eager to participate in the Resident and Family Satisfaction Survey and are pleased that the public has another tool to help them assess nursing home quality, and that nursing homes have another guide to assist them achieve performance excellence. However, we wish to remind consumers that the best way to assess any nursing facility is to visit in person, ask questions, and make their own observations," added Santos.

3. 3. About the Fund

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   Published on: 10/2/2004   Last Visited: 4/15/2006

   Al Santos, head of the Rhode Island Health Care Association, said yesterday at a State House meeting that the nursing-home industry he represents is being "painted with a broad brush."
   
   "Bad publicity," he said, is "eventually going to destroy the industry, and I think that's a damn shame."
   
   Regulators are more severe than ever -- overly severe, he says.
   
   "So what?"
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   Santos and Hawkins belong to an eight-member task force, formed by Lt.
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   Santos, the nursing home industry representative, predicted that all the attention will have a downside. He said the state is now going to be swamped with reports from nursing homes. Administrators are afraid not to report, he said. If one patient walks by another patient and "pushes him or touches him," the nursing home will report, he said.
   
   Santos said nursing homes have already been faithfully reporting actual harm.