The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services this week released a major overhaul to the 5-star rating program for Nursing Home Compare that has resulted in an estimated 37 percent of skilled nursing ...

By: TONY MARKS Editor PINE PRAIRIE - Christmas came early for an Evangeline Parish residential facility as Prairie Manor ...

Medicare’s nursing home rating system is designed to help consumers compare nursing homes, identify quality differences, and spot areas of concern. While Medicare usually doesn’t cover long-term ...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced Monday that it will begin posting certain nursing home ownership information, as well as aggregated MDS data for all residents at a facility, ...

CHI St. Francis Nursing Home in Breckenridge has earned a major distinction from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), receiving perfect five-star ratings in three out of four ...

The CMS star ratings began as faint points of light helping patients navigate an increasingly complex galaxy of healthcare ...

Medicare’s nursing home ratings are one tool people can use to evaluate potential long-term care facilities. While they offer insight into staff levels and performance on health and quality ...

CMS will begin publishing skilled nursing facility ownership data to its consumer-facing Care Compare website starting July 30. CMS has published ownership information, including performance measures ...

Dr. Conway writes that the addition of the star rating system aims at making the quality information available on these websites easier to understand for consumers. CMS’ Nursing Home Compare website ...

Audit activity is expanding in the nursing home sector, with improper payments rising and nursing homes continuing to lead in ...

New research adds to growing concerns about how Medicaid underpayments can undermine nursing home care, demonstrating state payments' influence on facility-level spending on staffing and operational ...