Nursing home staff retention may improve care quality, study finds
Caregiver retention is an important but nuanced metric for those looking to improve quality of care in nursing homes, an investigator has found.
Quality Measures
CMS draft measure takes aim at HAIs acquired at skilled nursing facilities
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is seeking public input on a draft quality measure that would estimate the rate of healthcare-associated infections acquired during care at a skilled nursing facility and result in hospitalization.
New study links facility staffing levels, quality to number of COVID-19 cases
Nursing homes with low staffing and quality scores have higher rates of COVID-19 deaths and cases among residents, argue researchers in a new study published Thursday in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.
A whole new world: 15% growth in post-acute care among 30-year nursing home industry changes
The population of residents served by nursing homes has undergone dramatic changes since the call for an overhaul in 1987, a recent study shows.
Clinical Briefs for Friday, December 13
Older adults with hypothyroidism face elevated mortality risk … Long night’s sleep, long midday naps raise stroke risk … New quality measures introduced for older adults’ diabetes care … Deaths in nursing facilities, hospitals decline while those at home, hospice rise
A three minute memory test could catch reversible cognitive impairment
The American Academy of Neurology is recommending an annual cognitive assessment for everyone over the age of 65.
CMS allots $30M for new quality measures
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is asking skilled nursing facilities and other providers to help develop better quality measures — and the agency is earmarking $30 million to sweeten the deal.
Only one quality measure for SNFs under new CMS proposal
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services unveiled a shorter-than-usual list of potential Medicare quality measures last week, with only one aimed at skilled nursing providers.
Sometimes a carrot is really a stick … but sometimes it’s 24-karat gold!
We all yearn for a time when value-based purchasing (and care) loses its originality. A time when motivations for providing excellent care and achieving excellent resident outcomes are aligned with reimbursement.
New tool to track quality measures in development, CMS says
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced the development of a new tool Monday to provide “improved visibility” into the quality measures the agency creates.
