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CMS has created a fact sheet to show hospice providers how to create an effective plan of care. The agency notes an Office of Inspector General (OIG) report in 2019 found most hospices have at least one deficiency when it comes to their quality of care. The fact sheet is expected to help hospice providers […]
CMS has issued guidance to state Medicaid directors designed to advance the adoption of value-based care strategies across their health care systems and align provider incentives across payers, according to a press release sent Sept 15. Under value-based care, providers are reimbursed based on their ability to improve quality of care in a cost-effective manner […]
About 92% of adults age 23 and older say the quality of care provided in the home would be better or equal to the quality of care provided in an office or clinic, according to a survey from CareMore Health. The survey of 2,009 adults in the United States was done by The Harris Poll on […]
On June 5, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released a statement regarding its attention to the quality of care in U.S. nursing homes. Referencing CMS Administrator Seema Verma’s April 2019 announcement of a five-step plan to increase quality, this statement by Dr. Kate Goodrich, director of the Center for Clinical Standards […]
Nursing homes that were identified as “culture change” providers between 2004 and 2009 saw a decrease in health-related survey deficiency citations, according to recently published research in The Gerontologist. The culture change movement emphasizes making long-term care facilities increasingly more homelike, along with taking resident choices and preferences into account. This research represents the first […]
Researchers are now saying that nursing home staffing levels have not been definitively linked to better care, despite what other reports may say, according to a recently published report from the Journal of American Medical Directors Association. Researchers based in the Netherlands and New York City searched through four databases for studies that examine the […]