Opinion: the five-star nursing home rating system is bad policy, hastily implemented
Mar 01, 2009
A good idea does not necessarily good policy make. For proof, look no further than the Centers for Medicaid & Medicare Services’ recently unveiled Five-Star rating system for nursing homes.
Pregame is over: Providers must deal with survey and assessment changes for real starting Sunday
By
McKnight's Staff
Mar 30, 2012
Nursing homes have heard the warnings and been advised at every turn lately. Now, it’s time to do it right, or risk losing out on reimbursements. Significant changes have been made to the new MDS...
Caregiver Management Systems to release QIS survey software
Feb 17, 2009
Caregiver Management Systems is finalizing new software that will help providers comply with new QIS surveys. The firm plans to roll out this risk-management software in May.
Survey: Facility satisfaction rises among LTC consumers
By
James M. Berklan
Jul 01, 2008
New research finds that 82% of long-term care consumers say they are satisfied with their facility. It marks a 2% rise compared to a year earlier among residents and family members describing their levels...
Survey shows rising satisfaction with Medicare drug benefit
By
Haymarket Media
Dec 14, 2007
Seniors are largely satisfied with the new Medicare drug benefit and most do not intend to change plans next year, according to the results of a new poll conducted by the Wall Street Journal Online/Harris...
CMS: Accident hazards most cited survey flaw
By
Haymarket Media
Oct 22, 2007
Violations of “accident hazards” were the most frequently cited survey flaw across the nation in September, according to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. The agency said 35.2%...
Agency may conduct less than 40% of required nursing home surveys in Kansas this year
By
Kimberly Marselas
Apr 26, 2018
Many skilled nursing facilities in Kansas are going without annual inspections, with survey completions expected to remain below the 40% mark this year.
Nursing degree programs turned away more than 50,000 qualified applicants in 2013, survey finds
By
Tim Mullaney
Jan 28, 2014
The nation’s nursing degree programs are struggling to educate the future workforce even as demand for nurses is set to surge, according to the latest annual survey data from the American Association...
Private room: $222 per day
By
Elizabeth Newman
Aug 01, 2012
The cost of living in a long-term care facility increased steadily over the last year while home care costs have stayed flat, a Genworth Financial survey finds.
Hand washing takes a break
By
Ashley Carman
Oct 01, 2013
A third of Medicare/Medicaid-certified long-term care providers surveyed by The Joint Commission during the first half of this year didn’t meet basic hand hygiene requirements, according to recent...