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Nursing Home Abuse NewsArchive: Nursing Home Abuse Studies & StatisticsState blamed for nursing home citingFriday, February 15th, 2008. Williamsville, NY - A second Western New York nursing home, Williamsville Suburban Nursing Home LLC, has been added to the list of the country's worst senior care facilities. But owner Richard Zacher said the listing is a strong-arm tactic to force him to close the facility, as prescribed by the state ... [More >>] County’s largest nursing home under fire againFriday, February 15th, 2008. Santa Cruz, CA - The county's largest and most notorious nursing home is back in the news this week, after the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services named it one of the 131 worst care facilities in the nation. But the new owners of the former Pleasant Care nursing home on ... [More >>] Patient care in question at nursing homeThursday, February 14th, 2008. Waltham, MA - A Waltham nursing home was recently added to a list of 131 facilities deemed by the federal government to have serious problems involving patient care. Piety Corner Nursing Home, a 34-bed facility at 235 Bacon St., will undergo government reviews more frequently and with greater thoroughness since it ... [More >>] Worst US Nursing Homes ListedThursday, February 14th, 2008. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has built upon historic action it took last November by making public more names of underperforming nursing homes across the country. On November 29, 2007, the agency began publishing the names of Special Focus Facility (SFF) nursing homes that had failed to ... [More >>] CMS Takes Next Step to Improve Quality in Nation’s Nursing Homes; Latest in a Series of Actions to Expand Information to ConsumersTuesday, February 12th, 2008. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) today built upon historic action it took last November by making public more names of underperforming nursing homes across the country. On November 29, 2007, the agency began publishing the names of Special Focus Facility (SFF) nursing homes that had failed ... [More >>] Serious nursing home violations riseWednesday, December 19th, 2007. Washington, DC - Serious reprimands for dangerous conditions at U.S. nursing homes increased by 22 percent from 2000 to 2006, a USA Today analysis revealed. "It's not that the quality of care has gone down but we are being more rigorous in our enforcement," Jeffrey Hammond of the New York health ... [More >>] Inland nursing home tied to Pomona facility that faces federal funding cutoffMonday, December 17th, 2007. Riverside, CA - A Pomona nursing home identified as one of the state's poorly performing facilities is set to lose its Medicare and Medicaid funding on Wednesday, which could force some residents to find new homes. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid, the federal agency that regulates nursing homes, notified the ... [More >>] Senators Obama, Harkin, Kennedy, Durbin Call on HHS Secretary to Protect America’s Seniors: Identify Failing Nursing Homes; 128 Nursing Homes are Currently Under Review for Poor PerformanceThursday, December 13th, 2007. Washington, DC – U.S. Senators Barack Obama (D-IL), Tom Harkin (D-IA), Edward Kennedy (D-MA), and Dick Durbin (D-IL) today sent the following letter to Secretary of Health and Human Services Michael Leavitt, calling on him to immediately release a list of 128 nursing homes that are being scrutinized for providing ... [More >>] Nursing Home Care Quality: Twenty Years After the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987Wednesday, December 12th, 2007. To mark the 20th anniversary of the passage of landmark federal legislation to improve the quality of nursing home care, the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987 (known as OBRA '87), this report explains the key provisions of OBRA ’87 related to nursing home care and examines the progress and ... [More >>] Barack Obama Calls on HHS to Provide List of Failing Nursing Homes: Obama will pursue legislative action, restrict HHS funding if list not provided within one weekTuesday, December 11th, 2007. Washington, DC - Barack Obama (D-IL) today called on Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Michael Leavitt to release the list of the 128 “special focus facilities,” the list of worst performing nursing homes in the country. Recent press accounts have reported that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid ... [More >>] Bad Behavior has blocked 432 access attempts in the last 7 days. |
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