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Recent Study Concludes Private Equity-Owned Nursing Homes Put Profits Over People

May 13, 2020

A study entitled “Does Private Equity Investment in Healthcare Benefit Patients? Evidence from Nursing Homes” posted on March 9, 2020 concluded: “our evidence thus far shows that after PE [private equity] buyouts nursing homes experience operational efficiency improvements, with hi[...]

CMS Responds To Study Critical Of Association Between Nursing Home Compare And Nursing Home Safety

February 15, 2019

A study published in the November 2018 edition of Health Affairs looked at the association between performance on a set of patient safety measures and star ratings of nursing homes on CMS’ Nursing Home Compare (NHC). The authors concluded: “Although Nursing Home Compare captures some asp[...]

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[...]

AARP Report Regarding The Elderly And Nursing Home Care In The United States

September 12, 2018

The AARP Public Policy Institute published a report on August 27, 2018 entitled Across the States 2018: Profiles of Long-Term Services and Supports, which is the 10th edition of the AARP Public Policy Institute’s report on state long-term services and supports (“LTSS”). The purpose of [...]

New Federal Data Shows Nursing Homes Had Less Staffing Than They Self-Reported

August 11, 2018

The New York Times reported on July 7, 2018, “Most nursing homes had fewer nurses and caretaking staff than they had reported to the government for years, according to new federal data, bolstering the long-held suspicions of many families that staffing levels were often inadequate.” The [...]

Study Shows Nursing Home Residents Suffer Infections While Their Caregivers Often Escape Responsibility

January 2, 2018

A study conducted by the Kaiser Health News, which is a nonprofit news service focused on health issues that is not affiliated with Kaiser Permanente, found that 74% of nursing homes in the United States have been cited for lapses in infection control, yet only one in 75 nursing homes that were foun[...]

1 In 5 Nursing Home Residents Experience Resident On Resident Abuse

June 19, 2016

A study published online in The Annals of Internal Medicine on June 14, 2016 found that the prevalence of resident on resident abuse in nursing homes is in excess of one in five, as determined by a one-month observational prevalence period. Such nursing home abuse includes psychological abuse, ph[...]

New Analysis Of CMS’ Nursing Home Compare Website Data

May 21, 2015

There are over 15,500 nursing homes in the United States that are certified to provide care to Medicare or Medicaid beneficiaries (92% of the nursing homes are certified by both), which provide care for approximately 1.3 million residents every day. Seventy-percent of those nursing homes are for-p[...]

Florida Nursing Home Malpractice Case Alleges Wrongful Death

August 9, 2014

A Florida nursing home negligence case that was filed in July 2014 alleges that the Florida nursing home, its management companies, and two former administrators of the nursing home are responsible for the poor care and the resulting death of the nursing home resident who had lived in the nursing [...]

The 5 Most Common Preventable Nursing Home Adverse Events

April 22, 2014

According to the February 2014 report from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) entitled, “Adverse Events in Skilled Nursing Facilities: National Incidence Among Medicare Beneficiaries,” five physicians were contracted to review th[...]

Top Ten Nursing Home Deficiencies In The United States

September 30, 2011

For 2009, the top ten deficiencies found in nursing homes in the United States were: 10. Housekeeping (21% of certified nursing facilities in the United States were cited for housekeeping deficiencies in 2009); 9. Pressure sores (21% of certified nursing facilities in the United States were cited[...]

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