Chicago Nursing Homes Not Making The Grade
21 Chicago Nursing Homes have received a 'one star' rating by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The facilities were selected for this dubious honor according to objective criteria: results from annual inspections, level of staffing at the nursing home and performance of 10 key quality measures related to patient care. The poorly rated Chicago Nursing Homes also share other similarities in that they are all 'for-profit' facilities and all have been frequently named in lawsuits in Cook County, Illinois. Among the under-achievers: Alden Northmoor Rehab Alden Princeton Rehab Ambassador Nursing & Rehab Center Avenue Care Center Belhaven Nursing & Rehab Center...
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65 Illnois Nursing Homes On Second Quarter Violation List
The Illinois Department of Public Health released is listing of nursing homes from the 2008 second quarter. The listing has nursing homes that the IDPH has determined to be in violation of the Nursing Home Care Act. In some situations, IDPH has recommended decertification to the Director of the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services, or the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for violations in relation to poor patient care, pursuant to Titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act. Further, these facilities have 'type A' violations indicating that the conditions at the...
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The Worst Nursing Homes In America
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) have recently released a listing of sub-standard nursing homes. Nursing homes rely on government payments for approximately 80% of their budget, the potential loss of funding effectively forces them out of business. In order to continue to receive government funding from Medicare and Medicaid, nursing homes are subjected to random visits from federal and state inspectors. Inspectors identify any deficiencies and require the problems to be corrected. If problems are not corrected within 18-24 months, the facility will lose its funding. CMS has grouped the problematic nursing homes into a listing called 'Special...
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