Who Regulates Nursing Homes?
"Who regulates nursing homes?"-- Amy, Little Rock, Arkansas In most states, nursing homes are regulated by a combination of state (Department of Health) and federal authorities (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services [CMS]). Each agency has its own regulations that control all aspects of the nursing home including: resident care, staffing, policies and procedures and medical equipment. Because nursing homes are responsible for complying with state and federal regulations, agents from either agency conduct inspections of the facility to assure compliance with the regulations. These inspections...
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Report Documents Problems With Nursing Home Oversight
AAHSA (American Associate of Homes and Services for the Aging) has released a new report titled: 'Broken and Beyond Repair: Recommendations to Reform the Survey and Certification System.' The report documents the problems with the inspection system for nursing homes. The report calls for an independent panel to come up with standardized criteria for both the inspection of nursing homes and for the inspectors themselves. As a temporary fix, the report makes 31 recommendations to improve nursing home care until an independent panel can be established. "We have to break the cycle of fear that paralyzed us all: consumers fear...
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