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Will Changes to Five-Star Rating System Bring Improvement?

As of 2014, there were 15,800 nursing home facilities caring for approximately 1.4 million residents in the United States, according to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Of the entire U.S. population, 0.9% age 65-74, 3.2% age 75-84 and 11.2% over the age of 85 reside in nursing facilities, according to the U.S.Read the Rest…


Study Finds Nursing Home Quality Measures Needed

New research examining the relationship between nursing home quality measures has reported alarming statistics on hospitalization rates of Medicare patients in nursing homes, averaging 25% and reaching as high as 38% in some facilities. Conducted by the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG), the study is concluded with a requestRead the Rest…