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,...
CMS demands more from QIOs
Feb 06, 2008
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...
By
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.