A huge number of skilled nursing facilities will have their reputations unfairly jeopardized and consumers likely will be confused by new changes in the government’s quality rating system for nursing homes, provider associations argued today after the controversial reforms officially were announced. Since 2008, the federal government has rated SNF quality using a five-star system, […]
Category: Nursing Homes
Concerned that the building boom of new skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) in Indiana is costing the state millions, lawmakers and some nursing home industry advocates are once again pushing for a moratorium on new construction for these properties in 2015, reports Indianapolis Business Journal. However, some SNF developers and others in the construction industry strongly […]
Nearly 70% of Americans will need some form of long-term care, but changes in the way care is delivered and the increasing costs to provide it certainly presents some challenges, according to a recent segment of the Today show. Chatting with Today financial editor Jean Chatzky and Carol Levine, author of “Planning Long-term Care for […]
Despite national campaigns spearheaded by the U.S. government to reduce the use of antipsychotic medications in nursing homes, many states are rarely penalized for over-sedating their residents, according to a recent NPR report. While antipsychotic drugs have been proven to help people with mental illnesses like schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, they can be potentially lethal […]
California’s Department of Public Health has failed to effectively investigate nursing home complaints, according to a state audit that notes there are 11,000 unresolved complaints and reported incidents in its system. What’s more, many of these complaints and incidents have remained open for nearly a year on average, with the average number of days open ranging […]
Extendicare Health Services Inc., which operates 146 skilled nursing facilities in 11 states, has agreed to pay $38 million to settle claims that it billed Medicare and Medicaid for “substandard” nursing services, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced late last week. Extendicare and its subsidiary Progressive Step Corporation (ProStep) allegedly billed the federal government for […]
Allegations of harmful treatment in nursing homes are garnering large sums of money from jury awards, pushing operators to flee certain states. Arkansas lawyer Brian Reddick tells The Wall Street Journal in a recent article he has amassed more than $100 million from jury awards in nursing-home suits. And now he and other lawyers are […]
In its continued efforts to reduce the use of antipsychotic medications in nursing homes, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has launched a new national goal striving for a 30% reduction by the end of 2016. The National Partnership to Improve Dementia Care, a coalition launched by CMS in 2012, has upped its […]
Discrepancies between assisted living facilities and nursing homes in Massachusetts has raised concerns over how effectively senior living communities are regulated in the state, according an article from The Boston Globe. Highlighting several instances where staffing, negligence and abuse have occurred at various assisted living communities throughout the state, the article attributes Massachusetts’ regulatory shortcomings […]
Senior housing operators will be forced to address the growing need of low- to moderate-income seniors in the coming years, as an estimated 3.5 million seniors today don’t have enough money to pay for higher acuity services. The high-end senior living facilities that have emerged within the past few years just won’t cut it when […]
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