A new report from the HHS Office of Inspector General exposes a dangerous weakness in nursing home emergency preparedness: most facilities reviewed did not have adequate or reliable emergency power systems. OIG found emergency power deficiencies in 72 of 100 sampled nursing homes and estimated that nearly three-fourths of nursing homes nationwide may have inadequate
A new study published in JAMA Network Open confirms what families and nursing home litigators have long understood: staffing levels in skilled nursing facilities affect far more than scheduling. They affect whether vulnerable patients can receive timely care at all. Researchers analyzed more than 3.3 million Medicare hospitalizations from 2018 and 2019 and found that lower
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