At least 5% of the nation’s nursing homes had private equity ownership in 2022, according to a new report issued by the Government Accountability Office (GAO), which also noted “limitations” in the federal government’s data on nursing home ownership. The congressional watchdog based its analysis on a review of the Centers for Medicaid & Medicare […]
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The Government Accountability Office (GAO) recommended doing away with limits on visitation and group activities at nursing homes and called for more infection prevention research, training and control as well as staffing solutions in a report issued on Monday. The government agency shared these and other recommendations for the Department of Health and Human Services […]
In an effort to make nursing home ownership information more transparent and readily available to the public, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) started compiling ownership data on Care Compare. But, the agency’s web-based tool falls short of transparency and ease of access goals, according to a study published by the U.S. Government […]
As nursing home staff continue to see a higher concentration of high acuity patients, advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) may be the key to improving care outcomes and reducing hospital readmissions. University of Missouri Sinclair School of Nursing Assistant Professor Alisha Johnson spent a year interviewing APRNs in Texas about their transition to the nursing […]
The average duration of a COVID-19 outbreak in a nursing home between June 2020 and Dec. 2021 was four weeks — and longer outbreaks were more likely to occur in areas with high rates of community spread. Furthermore, for-profit nursing homes were more likely to have shorter outbreaks compared with non-profit or government-owned facilities. These […]
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