In the past year, Missouri has made significant strides in reducing its backlog of overdue nursing home inspections, providing a potentially instructive model for other states grappling with similar challenges. According to recent data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), the percentage of nursing homes in Missouri that had not been inspected […]
Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services
The nursing home inspections system is underfunded and understaffed and needs federal assistance for alleviating inspection backlogs, or residents will remain in peril, experts and legislators said at a U.S. Senate hearing on Thursday. Officials from the long-term care ombudsman program as well as leaders from state inspections and regulatory bodies were among those who […]
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