Reversing an earlier position, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will release the names of additional nursing facilities the government has identified as poor performers.

If quality improvement organizations want future federal healthcare contracts, they're going to have to earn the right grades, officials announced Tuesday.

A recent roundtable discussion yielded a greater understanding of how the Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Inspector General and long-term can work together to improve quality, a recently released report found.

The Department of Health and Human Services wants to know how its 8-year-old compliance guidance for nursing homes should be changed. The changes will affect providers taking part in federal health programs such as Medicaid and Medicare.

The Joint Commission wants to improve the accuracy of resident identification and reduce the risk of healthcare-associated infections.