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CMS Revised Its Nursing Home Compare Rating System In April 2019 – 37% Of Nursing Homes Lost One Or More Stars

May 12, 2019

In April 2019, the Centers For Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) made several changes to the Nursing Home Compare website and the Five-Star Quality Rating System, which affected all domains of the rating system. CMS published the changes in its “Design for Nursing Home Compare Five-Star [...]

Texas Is Worst U.S. State For Quality Of Nursing Home Care, Hawaii Is The Best

February 13, 2019

The CDC reports that there are about 15,600 nursing homes in the United States, with 1.7 million licensed beds that are occupied by 1.4 million patients. On average, 79% of the U.S. nursing home beds are occupied every day, and the average U.S. nursing home has 89 residents on a daily basis. On aver[...]

Maryland Nursing Homes Suffer Ratings Losses

March 1, 2015

Twenty-two Maryland nursing homes lost their five-star ratings when Medicare recently revised its method of determining nursing home ratings nationwide, effective as of February 20, 2015. The federal website known as Nursing Home Compare provides rating information on nursing homes in all U.S. s[...]

CMS Announces Revisions To Nursing Home Rating System

February 22, 2015

On February 12, 2015, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) announced revisions to its often-criticized system of rating nursing homes in the United States, which prospective nursing home residents and their families may rely on in selecting nursing home care. CM[...]

Non-Profit Advocacy Group Issues Report Card For U.S. Nursing Homes — Some Good, Many Bad

April 16, 2014

According to a non-profit citizen advocacy group dedicated to creating public awareness of the conditions in U.S. nursing homes and other long-term care settings and developing effective solutions for improving quality of life and care, nearly 90% of all U.S. nursing homes were cited with a defic[...]

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CMS Revised Its Nursing Home Compare Rating System In April 2019 – 37% Of Nursing Homes Lost One Or More Stars

Texas Is Worst U.S. State For Quality Of Nursing Home Care, Hawaii Is The Best

Maryland Nursing Homes Suffer Ratings Losses

CMS Announces Revisions To Nursing Home Rating System

Non-Profit Advocacy Group Issues Report Card For U.S. Nursing Homes — Some Good, Many Bad

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