Nursing home deficiencies, substandard care declining, federal regulators say
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Mar 30, 2016
The percentage of nursing homes that received deficiency-free surveys is steadily increasing, according to a new data report released by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
MDS 3.0 completion times are up, job satisfaction is down, survey shows
Oct 25, 2011
Overall job satisfaction has dropped among long-term care workers, and MDS 3.0 assessments are taking longer to complete than MDS 2.0, results of a new survey reveal.
Practice sessions can pay off during surveys, expert claims
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Elizabeth Newman
Jul 01, 2013
Directors of nursing need to lead their employees through survey practice sessions in order to achieve peak success, a long-term care expert said at the annual National Association of Directors of Nursing...
Survey expert gives insight on common deficiencies
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Elizabeth Newman
Jun 06, 2012
A nursing home survey expert gave providers a tip sheet to the most common deficiencies — and how to avoid them — in the first McKnight’s Super Tuesday webcast of 2012.
QIOs improve healthcare, stakeholders say
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Haymarket Media
Jun 23, 2006
Three-fourths of major healthcare stakeholders find that quality improvement organizations (QIOs) improve healthcare, according to a recent survey.
Grassley brimstone leads to provider gallstones: CMS wants $45M for tougher enforcement, unfolds 5-point...
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Marty Stempniak
Apr 17, 2019
Tougher state surveys and a campaign of greater regulatory scrutiny could be in nursing home operators’ near future.
CMS: New survey merges two processes
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Dec 06, 2016
The new survey process for skilled nursing facilities is expected to be made more efficient by drawing on the strengths of two existing processes, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services officials said...
CDC: A third of U.S. adults use alternative medicine regularly
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Haymarket Media
Jun 03, 2004
More than one-third of U.S. adults use alternative medicine regularly, according to a survey released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. This could have implications for consumer preferences...
Survey: E-prescribing systems on the rise in nursing homes
Aug 10, 2011
Most facility operators responding to a new survey say that their next technology-related purchase will be an e-prescribing system. That’s according to findings relayed in yesterday’s McKnight’s...
Pesticides used often, survey finds
Oct 20, 2008
More than half of facilities regularly or sometimes use pesticides, according to a recent survey by HealthcarePestControl.com. The site was launched earlier this year by Orkin Commercial Services and the...