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Maya Goldman at Axios wrote about a recent Gallup survey showing people do not like nursing homes. Americans give nursing homes an average D+ grade for quality of care. No one wants to go to a nursing home when they could no longer care for themselves, according to a new survey from West Health and Gallup.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released the final version of the new Resident Assessment Instrument manual to complete the necessary reform of the Minimum Data Set (MDS) nursing home resident assessment tool before the Oct. 1 implementation. This tool determines the level of acuity of individual residents and as a facility aggregate. The “Final”
McKnight’s reported another settlement involving a kickback scheme. Alta Vista Healthcare & Wellness Centre nursing home run by the infamous Shlomo Rechnitz, the largest nursing home owner in California. He agreed to pay $3.8 million to settle kickback allegations and violations of the False Claims Act. A press release stated Alta Vista also paid physicians
Reuters reported New York’s Attorney General Letitia James accused nursing home operator Centers Health Care and its owners of stealing $83 million in government funds while understaffing its facilities, resulting in widespread neglect, illness and death among residents. The lawsuit seeks to to block new admissions until the facilities provide safe staffing, and hire financial monitors to
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released good news. Nursing care facilities added 12,000 jobs in July, as the health care sector overall saw payrolls increase by 63,000 workers. Since May of 2022, nursing home jobs have been recovering. The healthcare industry is a major driver of job growth. “While this is good news, there remains a
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