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nursing homes
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Criminals at work in Fla. nursing homes
Sally Kestin, Peter Franceschina and John Maines of the South Florida Sun-Sentinel found that thousands of convicted criminals were working…
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GAO: Four percent of nursing homes are troubled
A new report from the Government Accountability Office report estimates that 580, or 4 percent, of America’s approximately 16,000 nursing…
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Seniors could be reform’s largest wild card
Michael Booth and Karen E. Crummy of The Denver Post report that, with AARP effectively neutralized by fire from both…
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Glitch kept data out of Nursing Home Compare
Duane Schrag of the Salina (Kan.) Journal reports on problems he found in the data behind Nursing Home Compare, the…
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CMS reverses decision on access to Idaho inspection reports
An apparent “misinterpretation” of Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services led to the federal agency warning Idaho to stop posting…
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Mentally ill patients, elderly mix in nursing homes
Carla K. Johnson of The Associated Press reports that “nursing homes have become dumping grounds for young and middle-age people…
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Award winner urges coverage of nursing homes
Last summer, Theo Francis, then working for The Wall Street Journal, wrote a compelling report about a disturbing trend in…
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Attorneys: Rule stifles nursing home accountability
Cindy Skrzycki reports in The Washington Post on the effects of a Bush administration rule classifying nursing home-related state inspectors…
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Coverage of nursing home rankings varies
Last week the the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released new ratings for nursing homes – both for-profit and nonprofit –…
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CMS adds rating system to nursing home data
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is expected to launch a “5 Star Quality Rating System” addition to its…