Quality improvements in nursing homes, rehab facilities right on track, new report says
Sep 29, 2009
Nursing home quality improvement efforts over the last few years have largely met their goals, according to a new report examining quality trends in the nation’s nursing homes. The report, which...
‘National model’ for Medicaid privatization fails to collect benchmark data, provides dismal...
Jun 04, 2009
A Florida Medicaid privatization trial that is supposed to be a model for the rest of the nation is missing information on key results of the program, and it also provides sub-standard healthcare services,...
Hearing, GAO report delve into nursing homes’ quality problems
May 19, 2008
The long-term care industry is still grappling with a House hearing criticizing nursing home quality and a report on problematic nursing home inspections that was released in conjunction with last Thursday’s...
CMS to post new nursing home Five-Star Quality Ratings
May 22, 2009
Nursing homes’ newly updated star ratings will be made public Thursday on the Nursing Home Compare Web site. Providers have had since Wednesday to review their status and communicate any necessary...
Regulators say nursing home quality processes improved with corporate integrity agreements
Apr 27, 2009
Nursing home companies forced to begin corporate integrity agreements were all found to improve the way they pursued quality of care, according to government investigators. They looked at 15 corporations’...
Nursing home Advancing Excellence campaign results in decrease in pressure ulcers, physical restraints,...
May 06, 2009
Advancing Excellence, a voluntary, nationwide campaign formed to improve care in nursing homes has done just that, organizers say. There has been a drop in the number of pressure ulcers and the use of...
Nursing home owners Sal and Mabel Mangano: Not guilty!
By
James M. Berklan
Oct 01, 2007
For three weeks, spanning August and September, much of the national nursing home community was glued to goings-on in a place they had never heard of before: St. Francisville, LA. Or at least they should...
Oklahoma nursing home wins top Quality honor in McKnight’s Tech Awards
Sep 29, 2014
Cedar Creek Living Center in Norman, OK, is the Gold Award winner in the Quality category of the McKnight’s Excellence in Technology Awards. A national panel of judges chose Cedar Creek on the merit...
Nursing home aide absenteeism, poor quality indicator scores linked in analysis
By
Elizabeth Newman
Feb 07, 2014
Nursing homes with high rates of aides calling off have lower quality ratings, a recent report finds.
Regulators go overtime fielding comments and questions on nursing home star-rating system
Jun 25, 2008
While the focus of regulators’ “Open Door Forum” conference call Tuesday might have first appeared to be about getting ready for the December rollout of a new nursing home ranking system,...