Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes petitioned the court to assume jurisdiction over a Mesa assisted living facility and appoint a receiver to oversee the facility's operations properly, ensuring residents receive the care they deserve. The petition for receivership characterizes Heritage Village as "arguably the most infamous assisted...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services(CMS) launched its enhanced Nursing Home Five-Star Quality Rating System on July 27, 2022. The updated system integrates data nursing homes report on their weekend staffing rates for nurses and information on annual turnover among nurses and administrators. One of Arizona's 5-star rated...
Amid widespread staffing shortages and rising Omicron cases, the nursing home industry faces an ongoing domino effect of issues. Recent data from major publications paints a clearer picture of the long-term care crisis.
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As soon as vaccines were made available, priority was given to healthcare workers and those...
Already struggling with staffing due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, nursing homes are now starting to realize just how dire the situation truly is -- with more than 40,000 residents and 67,000 staff contracting COVID in the early weeks of January.
According to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the...
While telehealth increased access to care and reduced stress for some skilled nursing and long-term care facilities, others faced unexpected challenges, such as lack of adequate training for staff and increased social isolation for residents.
According to mHealth Intelligence, a recent study from the University of Missouri found,...
This edition features the latest on Arizona's continued fight against the Delta variant, the new regional HIE contexture, continued coverage on standard surveys in nursing homes during the PHE, national and state trends and SDOH tracking in the HIE space.
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Facilities that care and house large numbers of elderly folks are being ravaged by COVID-19 - an incredibly contagious virus particularly deadly for older people.
Just 6.7% of Americans are over 75-years-old, but that population accounts for nearly 60% of the country’s COVID deaths.
According to the Maricopa County...Arizona News
The coronavirus outbreak has profoundly impacted the facilities who care for those most vulnerable to it: nursing homes and skilled nursing facilities (SNF).
This week, AZCentral reported that SNF residents currently account for nearly half of Maricopa and Pima Counties’ COVID-19 deaths. According to a Maricopa County...Arizona News
Starting Oct. 1 therapy payments to nursing facilities will shift to a value-based model, emphasizing patient needs over the amount of services provided. The Patient Driven Payment Model (PDPM), a more individualized approach, aims to reduce inflated billing by basing payments on patient's medical characteristics.
The new approach...Arizona News
Four Arizona nursing homes are candidates for CMS' Special Focus Facilities (SFF) program, which identifies nursing homes with a history of serious quality issues and provides special program to stimulate improvements in their quality of care; SFF candidates also have a history of care issues but receive no extra oversight.
The...Data Resources
The April 2019 changes include revisions to the inspection process, enhancement of new staffing information, and implementation of new quality measures.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) updated Nursing Home Compare and the Five-Star Quality Rating System in April.
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