Compared to non-profit and government controlled peers, big-chain nursing homes simply provide inferior patient care. Period. In one of the first studies directly comparing patient care provided by non-profits operations vs. nursing home conglomerates (the ten largest for-profit chains), an analysis conducted by University of California San Francisco (UCSF) clearly demonstrated that the facility have… Continue Reading
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Will Steep Reimbursement Cuts To Nursing Homes Jeporadize Patient Care?
Posted in National Nursing Home IssuesThe nursing home industry is set to become a little less profitable for nursing home operators as the government seeks to trim reimbursement rates by approximately 11%. Set to take place next year, the proposed reductions cut out a huge billing opportunity that presently allows nursing homes to seek reimbursement for intensive treatments without actually… Continue Reading
Grim Details Emerge Regarding Malnutrition In Kentucky Nursing Home
Posted in MalnutritionAs we recently discussed, Winchester Centre for Health and Rehabilitation may lose its Medicare and Medicaid funding if it fails to correct the dangerous conditions inspectors have recently found at the facility. The federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services have given the facility a February deadline to correct the problems or federal aide will… Continue Reading
Where Will Nursing Home Residents Go When Medicare Closes Dangerous Facilities?
Posted in Nursing Home AbuseI was reviewing the AARPBulletintoday, and they ran a story about Kentucky nursing home that was cited for reports of alleged nursing home abuse and neglect by nursing state nursing home inspectors. Winchester Centre for Health and Rehabilitation received a Type A citation- the most serious nursing home citation a state can give– for problems… Continue Reading