500 ‘worst’ nursing homes would get more scrutiny, resources under reintroduced Senate bill
By
James M. Berklan
Mar 18, 2021
A pair of senators who commissioned a damning report on the worst performing U.S. nursing homes in 2019 reintroduced follow-up legislation Monday that would bring more scrutiny — and assistance — to...
Lawmakers want more poor performing nursing homes on the SFF list
By
Danielle Brown
Nov 18, 2020
The Special Focus Facility program, a federal initiative that targets very low-performing nursing homes for additional oversight and improvements, would be expanded and renamed under a new legislation...
Senators push CMS to expand program for long-term care outside nursing homes
By
Tim Mullaney
Sep 26, 2014
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services should loosen regulations to allow more people to receive care in the community rather than in nursing homes, a bipartisan group of Senators wrote in a recent...
Time to pick your fantasy teams for … funding
By
James M. Berklan
Aug 13, 2011
Now that we know there will be an NFL season, fantasy football leagues are roaring into shape around the land. I would have loved to be in the “war room” to hear the give-and-take for drafting...