If quality improvement organizations want future federal healthcare contracts, they’re going to have to earn the right grades, officials announced Tuesday.
Nursing homes oppose proposal to display ratings
Mar 01, 2009
A proposal that would require facilities through-out the state to prominently show their new federal star ratings has received pushback from nursing homes.
CMS to hold conference call on new nursing home five-star rating system
Jun 23, 2008
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will be hosting an “Open Door Forum” on Tuesday (tomorrow) to discuss, among other issues, the new five-star rating system for nursing homes.
The crowd is NOT gathering (no need online!), but they are signing up en masse for next week’s...
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McKnight's Staff
Mar 16, 2012
Providers from around the country are already making the sixth annual McKnight’s Online Expo the most successful version yet. They have signed up in record numbers for the virtual trade show, which...
Comments sought on draft compliance guidance
Apr 17, 2008
The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General has recently released the new draft compliance guidance for nursing homes.
MedPAC focuses on nursing home rehospitalizations
Oct 10, 2008
Congress’s advisory panel on Medicare matters is examining rehospitalization rates of nursing home residents. Staff members for the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission told commissioners last week...
MDS 3.0, pressure ulcers push Expo to record highs; sessions conclude today
Mar 26, 2015
There are a lot of swirling questions why certain residents develop pressure ulcers, which remain a costly and critical issue for long-term care providers, a leading wound care expert noted Wednesday.
Nursing home quality coalition heading into overtime
Oct 23, 2008
The Advancing Excellence in America’s Nursing Homes campaign-a nationwide, voluntary quality improvement initiative-celebrated its second birthday this week.
Care transitions, re-admissions to be examined during 23rd Institute for Healthcare Improvement quality...
Dec 01, 2011
Long-term care officials will have a stake in the 23rd annual National Forum of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement from Sunday through Wednesday in Orlando, FL. Nearly 6,000 healthcare professionals...
Rhode Island’s Gifford named new national nursing home and assisted living quality chief
Mar 02, 2011
The American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living on Tuesday named Dr. David R. Gifford as their senior vice president of quality and regulatory affairs, a new department within...