Coalition for Quality Care (CQC), along with Coalition member Voices for Quality Care, have conducted a new analysis of federal inspection records of nursing homes collected by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Their analysis found that 44% of nursing homes were permitted to continue to take in new residents and receive public funds even after having repeat violations of the same quality of care standards three years in a row. The analysis used historical inspection data to identify nursing homes that habitually violated the same minimum federal standards year after year. Richard Mollot, President of CQC, said, "Unfortunately, this analysis confirms our collective experiences with nursing homes across the country. Far too many people live in facilities where abuse and neglect continue year after year, with little or no effective intervention by regulators."
“We hope that state leaders, regulators and attorneys general, as well as CMS, will use these data to identify and address persistent failures to protect nursing home residents, said Mollot. “Problems should not be allowed to persist and fester. The fact that so many nursing homes have the same quality of care deficiencies year after year should be a wake-up call to everyone concerned about the safety of nursing home residents, no matter the use of public funds on services that are worthless or harmful.”
For more information, including the data analyses for each state (listing nursing homes with three-year repeat deficiencies), go here.
To read CQC's press release, go here.
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