nursing homes

GAO Examines Nursing Home Quality Survey Implementation

Debra A. McCurdy
March 14, 2012 16:50

The GAO has issued a report entitled “Nursing Home Quality: CMS Should Improve Efforts to Monitor Implementation of the Quality Indicator Survey.” CMS developed the Quality Indicator Survey (QIS) to improve the efficiency, accuracy, and consistency of the nursing home survey process....

Long-Term Care Insurance Industry Shakeout

Greg Herman-Giddens
March 13, 2012 12:47

Those considering long-term care insurance should be aware of recent several changes in the long-term care insurance industry. Guardian stopped offering the insurance as of December 31, 2011, and Prudential will no longer be offering individual coverage after March, 2012. MetLife exited the market...

Waiving Right to Jury Trial and Nursing Home Abuse cases

Phil Chanfrau
February 22, 2012 14:15

 Another  very disturbing opinion on Federal arbitration was handed down  by the US Supreme court this week.  The US Supreme court decided that nursing homes can put boilerplate, fine print clauses in their admission agreements. The clauses will make it impossible to get a fair...

ProPublica Exposé Reveals Nursing Home Abuse Related Deaths Rarely Investigated

Robert Katz
February 04, 2012 15:02

According to a new exposé by ProPublica, an unknown number of senior citizens who die in nursing homes around the country may have died due to nursing home abuse. However, their families may never know because investigations into such a wrongful death are rare. Nursing home abuse...

ProPublica Exposé Reveals Nursing Home Abuse Related Deaths Rarely Investigated

Robert Katz
February 04, 2012 15:02

According to a new exposé by ProPublica, an unknown number of senior citizens who die in nursing homes around the country may have died due to nursing home abuse. However, their families may never know because investigations into such a wrongful death are rare. Nursing home abuse...