Congress asks CMS about pay-for-performance initiatives
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Haymarket Media
Jun 24, 2005
Congressional leaders have asked the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to detail the agency’s pay-for-performance (P4P) initiatives, and suggest ways financial incentives could increase provider...
Nursing Home Compare hurt by mistrust, unawareness, report finds
By
Elizabeth Newman
Apr 11, 2016
Consumers react positively to Nursing Home Compare, but they limit use based on lack of awareness and initial lack of trust in the data, according to a new analysis.
AHCA urges providers to prepare for May 1 immigration boycott
By
Haymarket Media
Apr 27, 2006
Long-term care associations are advising providers to prepare for a May 1 national boycott by immigrants and immigrant advocates. Such a boycott could affect resident care, the associations informed members...
Demonstrations at facilities to take place today in upstate New York
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Haymarket Media
May 25, 2005
Informational pickets are scheduled today by a union local at nursing homes in upstate New York to protest state funding practices that allegedly discriminate against the facilities.
Ask the legal expert … about arbitration agreements
By
John Durso
Apr 01, 2013
It seems like every time I see a news item about arbitration agreements being signed by a resident/patient’s surrogate or relative, some judges rules it invalid or unenforceable. Are they ever valid?...
Care tied to resident satisfaction in report
By
Elizabeth Newman
Sep 01, 2013
Nursing home residents are more satisfied when the level of care in their facility is higher, according to a new analysis of Massachusetts facilities.
Senator wants poor facilities listed
By
Haymarket Media
Jul 27, 2007
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) is calling on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to create an online “watch list” of poor-performing nursing homes. The list would target facilities that...
Nursing homes rank third in worker-injury rate
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Haymarket Media
Jun 01, 2005
Nursing homes remain one of the most dangerous places to work, according to the U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Right-to-try gains support
By
John Hall
Apr 04, 2016
Congress is considering easing federal laws prohibiting terminally ill patients from trying unapproved experimental drugs as a last-ditch effort to extend or save their lives.
Rule would shield skilled care providers from violating their religious principles
By
Marty Stempniak
May 03, 2019
Skilled care employees would not be required to perform duties that violate their religious beliefs, under legislation that was introduced Thursday.