Admission to skilled nursing facilities have declined
According to the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission’s (MedPAC) most recent data book, admissions to skilled nursing facilities have declined in
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Nursing Homes
1,400 Nursing Homes Get Lower Medicare Ratings Because Of Staffing Concerns
(By Jordan Rau and Elizabeth Lucas for Kaiser Health News) Medicare has lowered its star ratings for staffing levels in
Read More‘Like A Ghost Town’: Erratic Nursing Home Staffing Revealed Through New Records
(By Jordan Rau for Kaiser Health News) ITHACA, N.Y. — Most nursing homes had fewer nurses and caretaking staff than
Read MoreMedicare Takes Aim At Boomerang Hospitalizations Of Nursing Home Patients
(By Jordan Rau for Kaiser Health News) “Oh my God, we dropped her!” Sandra Snipes said she heard the nursing
Read MoreInadequate Oversight Allows Poor Care At California Nursing Homes To Go Unchecked, State Audit Finds
(By Anna Gorman for California Healthline produced by Kaiser Health News) California health regulators have allowed poor care to proliferate
Read MoreArtificial Intelligence doesn’t need to be robotic in nature
As logic goes, once artificial intelligence (AI) technology advances far enough, the skilled nursing industry could hypothetically solve its persistent
Read MoreCongress not waiting for CMS to reform Medicare Skilled Nursing reimbursement
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) called for cuts to Medicare’s skilled nursing reimbursement, but lawmakers in Congress appeared ready
Read MoreMedicare Payment Advisory Commission wants Congress to cut reimbursement rates to SNF
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) has asked Congress to scrap the Medicare market basket rate increases for fiscal years
Read MoreLong-term acute care facilities versus skilled nursing facilities
According to a new study in JAMA Internal Medicine, it found skilled nursing facilities are less costly for Medicare than
Read MoreRisky Antipsychotic Drugs Still Overprescribed In Nursing Homes
(By Ina Jaffe for NPR) A study published Monday by Human Rights Watch finds that about 179,000 nursing home residents are being given antipsychotic
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