A recent article in the Heath Affairs Scholar found that mortality rates among nursing home residents remained above pre-pandemic levels through the end of 2023. The authors noted the difficulty of determining mortality causes, and instead focused on mortality from all-causes. The mortality rate per 100,000 residents was 5,692 in December 2020, when COVID-19 was taking its greatest
CMS recently implemented new requirements aimed at increasing transparency and accountability in the nursing home industry. Effective as of October 1, 2024, these changes require nursing homes to disclose extensive ownership and management details through the revised Form CMS-855A. This update addresses longstanding concerns about financial exploitation in the industry, particularly through related-party transactions that allow owners to
This past spring in Provincetown, a patient checked into residence at a Seashore Point nursing home for rehabilitation after breaking their leg. During the two-and-a-half-month stay, the patient was taken to Cape Cod Hospital for multiple infected wounds. Once the family had removed the patient from the facility, their loved one was rushed to the
Investigators found a trail of payments from Matt Gaetz, Trump’s choice for attorney general, to women who testified that he had hired them for sex including underage girls. See a map of the payments. A police report detailed an encounter in which a woman from the California Federation of Republican Women had been sexually assaulted by
McKnight’s reported how the nursing home industry is confident the safe staffing rule will be removed by the new Administration despite evidence it will lead to neglect and abuse. Clearly, the nursing home lobbyists owns Trump and the Republicans. The skilled nursing sector met with the Trump team before Election Day to discuss concerns with
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