McKnights reported on CMS’ announcement that all information regarding ownership, aggregated MDS data for consumers will be posted on the Nursing Home Compare website. According to a CMS policy memo, all changes stated above became effective July 31. This is good news for consumers and academics. To create more transparency, officials are posting more information
The Iowa Capital Dispatch recorded the meager fine paid by a nursing home for killing a resident. The nursing home, Odebolt Speciality Care in Sac County, Iowa, was fined only $8,500 as a result of a resident’s wrongful and preventable death. Based on the inspector’s report, workers of the facility noticed the woman unresponsive with
Iowa’s state legislatures have recently advanced a bill that will allow residents and their families to install cameras inside nursing home rooms. For many years, long-term care sector leaders have stood firmly in their decision against any such law, citing frivolous privacy concerns. The installation of these cameras can prevent elder abuse from happening, as well
“In Minnesota, we respect our neighbors and their personal choices that they make, even if we wouldn’t make the same choice for ourselves,” Walz said. “There’s a golden rule: Mind your own damn business.”
Axios’ Alex Fitzpatrick and Kavya Beheraj report Texas, Oklahoma, Wyoming and Florida have the highest share of uninsured residents. Three of those four states — Texas, Wyoming and Florida — are among the small group of holdouts that refuse to adopt Obamacare’s Medicaid expansion. Data: U.S. Census Bureau; Note: Estimated from administrative and survey data; Map: Kavya
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