The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s director stressed the need for repeated testing of staff members to stop the spread of COVID-19 in nursing homes.
New business models needed, panel claims
By
John O'Connor
Apr 01, 2011
Marketplace and policy changes will exert unprecedented pressure on operators to diversify and expand their business models, according to panelists at a skilled care program in Los Angeles.
CMS intensifies survey oversight in new memo
By
James M. Berklan
Dec 01, 2021
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has turned up the heat again on providers with new guidance that directs surveyors to take a more critical look at nurse competency and residents’ quality...
CMS provides Phase 3 relief
By
Elizabeth Newman
Aug 01, 2019
Providers will receive a reprieve on some new Requirements of Participation Phase 3 tenets, if the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has its way, agency officials said in July.
A ‘satisfying’ survey ahead?
By
Elizabeth Newman
Jan 06, 2017
Changes to the Five-Star Quality Rating System for nursing homes may be on the horizon under recommendations published by the Government Accountability Office in December.
Painkiller distribution could be curtailed
By
James M. Berklan
Mar 02, 2013
An advisory panel has recommended making it more difficult for long-term care residents and others to receive certain painkillers. Providers criticize the proposal, saying it could leave seniors suffering...
New tools aid HCBS choices
By
Elizabeth Newman
May 01, 2012
State Medicaid programs will have greater ability in providing home- and community-based services to elderly and disabled individuals, according to new regulations.
Providers rip report on Five-Star ratings
By
Brett Bakshis
Mar 01, 2010
An analysis of the government’s Five-Star Quality Rating System for nursing homes by USA Today drew a sharp rebuke from providers.
Anti-institution bias apparent at hearing
By
John O'Connor
Apr 01, 2009
A recent Senate hearing called on lawmakers revamping the nation’s healthcare system to remember long-term care.
Providers take issue with Trump’s budget
By
Elizabeth Newman
Mar 08, 2018
Long-term care providers found little to like in President Donald Trump’s proposed budget for 2019.