Medicare announces updated, enhanced tools for patients to compare hospitals...
“Two websites that help Americans make informed choices about hospitals and nursing homes have been redesigned and will make more information available to the public, the Centers for Medicare &...
View ArticleQuality data refresh on CMS Nursing Homes Compare
Quality data has been refreshed on CMS Nursing Home Compare, reporting data for 4/1/2011 through 3/31/2012. The updated nursing home quality measures are based on a new resident assessment called MDS 3.0
View ArticleTransparency on health care costs enhanced in Virginia with release of two...
Virginia Health Information (VHI) released two reports that will aid purchasers of health care—both consumers and businesses—compare their options and assess the value of their health care dollar. The...
View ArticleAHRQ Stats: Nursing home patients admitted more often for bloodstream infections
Nursing home patients are 1.7 times more likely than other elderly patients to be admitted to hospitals for septicemia, a bloodstream infection. [Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality,...
View ArticleNursing Home quality data refresh on CMS Nursing Homes Compare
Quality data has been refreshed on CMS Nursing Home Compare reporting data through June 30. 2012 as follows: Short Stay measures reporting for time period October 1, 2011 through September 30, 2012...
View ArticleUS News releases list of the nation’s best nursing homes
U.S. News has released its list of ‘Best Nursing Homes 2013‘ using data published by CMS in January 2013. Homes in all 50 states and Washington, D.C., are included. By default, homes within a given...
View ArticleDHHS OIG report finds failure of skilled nursing facilites to meet federal...
Skilled nursing facilities (SNF) are required to develop a care plan for each beneficiary and provide services in accordance with the care plan, as well as to plan for each beneficiary’s discharge....
View ArticleInformed Patient Institute Web site grades hospital report card raters
There are so many report cards on hospitals that the Informed Patient Institute (IPI) runs a website that grades the raters. IPI rates the usefulness of online doctor, hospital, and nursing home...
View ArticleNursing Home quality data refresh on CMS Nursing Homes Compare
Quality data has been refreshed on CMS Nursing Home Compare reporting data through December 31, 2012 as follows: Short Stay measures reporting for time period January 1, 2012 through December 31, 2012...
View ArticleNYS Nursing Homes Profile data updated
The latest data update to the New York State Nursing Homes Profile Web site (nursinghomes.nyhealth.gov) has been published. Included in this data update were: CMS quality data updated to reflect...
View ArticleCMS Compare Websites – hospital, nursing homes, home health – October update...
Due to the government shutdown, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) did not refresh Hospital Compare as planned on October 10, 2013 – according to a notice posted on QualityNet...
View ArticleStudy Finds Medicare Nursing Home Resident Hospitalization Rates Merit...
McKnights Long Term Care News writes: One in four nursing home residents on Medicare was hospitalized in 2011, costing the program $14.3 billion, according to a new report from the Department of Health...
View ArticleNursing Home quality data refresh on CMS Nursing Homes Compare
Quality data has been refreshed on CMS Nursing Home Compare reporting data through June 30, 2013 as follows: Short Stay measures reporting for time period July 1, 2012 through June 30, 2013 Percent of...
View ArticleQuality data refresh on CMS Nursing Home Compare, CMS Home Health Compare
The latest quality data refresh have been posted to CMS Nursing Home Compare and CMS Home Health Compare as follows: Nursing home quality data has been updated to report data for the following...
View ArticleQuality data refresh on CMS Nursing Home Compare
The latest quality data refresh have been posted to CMS Nursing Home Compare. Nursing home quality data has been updated to report data for the following reporting time periods for short-stay and...
View ArticleState Health Commissioner Announces Launch of the NYS Health Profiles Website
Acting Commissioner of Health, Howard A. Zucker, M.D., J.D., has announced the launch of the redesigned New York State Health Profiles website. The New York State Health Profiles...
View ArticleQuality Data Refresh on CMS Hospital Compare Website
The latest quality data refresh has been posted to CMS Hospital Compare. The following is a summary of the latest data refresh on CMS Hospital Compare: Note: number of measures with data reported in...
View ArticleQuality data refresh on CMS Nursing Home Compare
The latest quality data refresh has been posted to CMS Nursing Home Compare. Nursing home quality data updated on CMS Nursing Home Compare as follows: Short stay measures (5) reporting data for...
View ArticleKaiser Family Foundation Poll Finds Few Consumers Are Using Quality, Price...
Few people use concrete information about doctors or hospitals to obtain better care at lower prices, according to a poll released Tuesday by the Kaiser Family Foundation. The 2010 health law aimed to...
View ArticleQuality Data Refresh on CMS Nursing Home Compare
The latest quality data refresh has been posted to CMS Nursing Home Compare. Nursing home quality data updated on CMS Nursing Home Compare as follows: Short-stay resident measures (5 measures):...
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