A cadre of researchers — including the de facto dean of nursing home staffing studies — has proposed a new tool using a nursing home’s case-mix index as a way to set expected daily nurse staffing ...

From Savannah to Beaufort, here are the best and the worst nursing home facilities, according to the April report by the ...

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services rate facilities accepting its payments on a five-star scale. Here’s how local ...

“We believe CMS has clear regulatory authority ... And when analyzing the long-stay measure, nursing homes’ average ratings dropped from 3 stars to 1 star (for six months).

You can’t feed anyone on less than $10 a day,” said a Harvard professor who studies nursing homes. Is anyone watching?

Three federal lawmakers sent a formal request to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services calling for stronger nursing ...

You simply enter your ZIP code, and you'll see a list of nursing homes you can filter based on location, overall rating, number of beds, or other options. Medicare provides each facility with an ...

Medicare does not usually cover the cost of nursing home care. Medicare will pay for some "skilled nursing facility" care if you need it. But coverage is limited, and Medicare will not pay for nursing ...

One in six people 60 years and older has experienced abuse in a community setting, the World Health Organization says.

Skilled nursing homes would receive a 2.8% payment bump in fiscal 2026 under a proposed rule the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced late Friday. CMS said the proposed rate ...

Based on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ five-star rating system for nursing homes, of the 187 facilities examined in the state, 45 currently have the worst one-star rating.