Major hospital group keeps pressure on Congress over nursing home staffing rule … Consumer Voice publishes guide on nursing home retaliation … Fitch predicts ‘deteriorating’ outlook for CCRCs will...
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By
Kimberly Marselas
Feb 21, 2024
State Veterans Affairs head praises Pruitt’s role as clean-up contractor for troubled VA home … Consumer Voice to work with two states on improving financial transparency of nursing homes … Nursing...
Consumer advocates call for more CMS audits of nursing homes over related-party activity
By
Josh Henreckson
Feb 09, 2024
A new consumer advocacy report is calling on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to increase its scrutiny of nursing homes and their business dealings with related-party companies.
Emergency prep rule for long-term care should specify amount of supplies to have on hand, advocacy group...
By
Tim Mullaney
Apr 02, 2014
Long-term care facilities should have specified amounts of fuel and supplies on hand as part of a forthcoming regulation on disaster preparedness, a prominent consumer advocacy group argues.
The National Consumer Voice for Quality Long-Term Care has praised a proposed rule to improve the quality and uniformity of state long-term care ombudsman programs, but said conflict of interest concerns...
CMS should confirm its opposition to deemed status for nursing homes, consumer advocates urge
By
Tim Mullaney
Jul 16, 2013
Independent accrediting organizations currently are not allowed to grant skilled nursing facilities “deemed status” as Medicare providers, and a prominent long-term care advocacy group wants...