Showing posts with label quality. Show all posts
Showing posts with label quality. Show all posts
Wednesday, January 17, 2024

Nursing Homes Found Guilty in Criminal Understaffing Case= Individual Defendants Acquitted

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In a rare case in which a nursing home business faced criminal charges over staffing misconduct, two Pennsylvania facilities owned by Compre...
Wednesday, February 8, 2023

Biden Administration Targets Nursing Home Quality and Aging in Place Alternatives

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President Joe Biden’s second State of the Union (SOTU) address Tuesday night included mention of the Administration's efforts to make nu...
Wednesday, March 2, 2022

White House Announces Measures to Improve Nursing Home Care Quality

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The Biden administration on February 28th announced a round of new measures for nursing homes aimed at ensuring adequate care for seniors.  ...
Monday, February 7, 2022

More is not Always Better - CMS Adds Staffing Information to Care Compare

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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently announced that it will add data on staff turnover rates and weekend staffing l...
Monday, March 29, 2021

NYT: "Maggots, Rape and Yet Five Stars: How U.S. Ratings of Nursing Homes Mislead the Public."

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The headline of a  recent New York Times article posed succinctly the challenge nursing home rating systems present to an unwary public: ...
Monday, February 22, 2021

Infection Control Citations Exceed 12,000 Amid Pandemic; SNF Ratings Stagnant

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Despite more than 12,000 infection control-related citations issued during the COVID-19 pandemic, most U.S. nursing homes saw no  ratings ch...
Monday, February 15, 2021

Only 37% of Long-term Care Facilities Staff Vaccinated for COVID-19

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While residents of nursing homes and their caregivers have been considered a top priority for COVID-19 vaccination, only 38% of nursing home...
Wednesday, February 10, 2021

Long-term Care Industry Forecast to Lose $94 Billion Amid Pandemic

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The long-term care industry will lose $94 billion over a two-year period as a result of COVID-related costs and revenue losses, according to...
Saturday, October 3, 2020

Nursing Home Penalties for Noncompliance Expected to Rise

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Nursing home operators are on high alert for potential rule changes regarding civil monetary penalties (CMP's) after a lawsuit was filed...
Wednesday, January 8, 2020

The New Year Finds Nursing Homes Opposing New Minimum Staffing Requirements and Training Requirements for Dementia Care Workers

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Nursing home providers are opposing proposed national legislation that would require skilled nursing facilities to meet minimum staffing ...
Thursday, October 17, 2019

Missouri Receives a Near Failing "D" on Nursing Home Report Card

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Families for Better Care ("FBC"), recently  published its state-by-state nursing home report card . Missouri received  a near fai...