{"id":13245,"date":"2019-05-16T07:57:59","date_gmt":"2019-05-16T11:57:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=13245"},"modified":"2019-05-16T07:57:59","modified_gmt":"2019-05-16T11:57:59","slug":"how-to-find-and-use-new-federal-ratings-for-rehab-services-at-nursing-homes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=13245","title":{"rendered":"How To Find And Use New Federal Ratings For Rehab Services At Nursing Homes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By Judith Graham for Kaiser Health News)<\/p>\n<p>For the first time, the federal government is shining a spotlight on the quality of rehabilitation care at nursing homes \u2014 services used by nearly 2 million older adults each year.<\/p>\n<p>Medicare\u2019s Nursing Home Compare website now includes a \u201cstar rating\u201d (a composite measure of quality) for rehab services \u2014 skilled nursing care and physical, occupational or speech therapy for people recovering from a hospitalization. The site also breaks out 13 measures of the quality of rehab care, offering a more robust view of facilities\u2019 performance.\u00a0 Continue reading <a href=\"https:\/\/khn.org\/news\/how-to-find-and-use-new-federal-ratings-for-rehab-services-at-nursing-homes\/?utm_campaign=KHN%3A%20First%20Edition&amp;utm_source=hs_email&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=72741723&amp;_hsenc=p2ANqtz-__RQJEScXzCYt4AG6b5QVOl9IVO3GCsJRKNfdq2aNokFPIeSjuVT-73-_S4WvbrkL3grx8DaTi_ykGSNeuHl50t5Pt-A&amp;_hsmi=72741723\">article here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Kaiser Health News is a nonprofit national health policy news service that is part of the nonpartisan Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/khn-logo1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-899\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/khn-logo1-300x156.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"156\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/khn-logo1-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/khn-logo1-1024x533.png 1024w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/khn-logo1.png 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<pre>Notice: The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org.<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(By Judith Graham for Kaiser Health News) For the first time, the federal government is shining a spotlight on the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13245","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aging","category-nursing-homes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13245","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13245"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13245\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13246,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13245\/revisions\/13246"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}