nursing homes news from FierceHealthcare
News
Study: Nursing homes unprepared for pandemics
If your hospital is counting on having help from nursing homes when emergencies hit, think again. A new study suggests that more than half of nursing homes won't be prepared to accept hospital Read more...
Philanthropy challenges nursing homes to improve facilities
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation says it wants to shutter America's nursing homes in order to save them. The foundation has already started to fund the construction of Green Houses, small Read more...
CMS plans new ranking system for nursing homes
CMS has set plans to introduce a new ranking system for nursing homes on its consumer Web site. CMS's new Nursing Home Compare site will introduce a new five-star ranking system in December designed Read more...
Serious nursing home quality problems still exist
According to new Congressional testimony by officials from the HHS inspector general's office, care at many nursing homes is actually dangerous to patients, despite ongoing efforts by CMS to identify Read more...
Study: Nursing homes benefit from culture changes
Nursing homes that change their culture to make care more resident-directed, foster staff autonomy and make the facility function more like a home than hospital do better on several measures of Read more...
Medicare won't raise inpatient rehab payments soon
It's looking like Medicare isn't going to raise payments to inpatient rehab facilities anytime soon, though it will spend about $5.4 billion in fiscal 2009 for IRF care. CMS is following direction Read more...
Healthcare industry top spender on federal lobbying in '07
It's good to get attention from federal legislators, but it's going to cost you. That's no mystery to some key healthcare groups, who collectively spent $445 million on federal lobbying during 2007, Read more...
Case study: In metro Boston, the return of the house call
A non-profit primary care practice serving the Boston metro area has seen improved outcomes in caring for the frail elderly by re-instituting the age old practice of making house calls. Urban Medical Read more...
OK offers nursing home ratings
The state of Oklahoma has launched a website rating nursing homes on 10 quality factors. Ratings include factors such as nursing turnover and retention, the home's compliance with state surveys, Read more...
ALSO NOTED: Nursing homes drop physical restraints; Neurosurgeon accused of discrimination; and much more...
> Once a common practice at nursing homes across the country, physical restraints now are becoming a thing of the past. Read more...
Get more nursing homes coverage at:
Paid Research Reports
- Stakeholder Opinions: Percutaneous Coronary Intervention - Adverse events with drug-eluting stents demand a new safety standard
- Impact of Pharmacogenomics on Public Healthcare Policy
- The Cardiovascular Disorders Market Outlook to 2012
- 2008 Trends to Watch: Pharmaceutical Technology
- Pharmaceutical Pricing and Reimbursement: Strategies for market access across the US, Europe, Japan and other key geographies