The spread of coronavirus in nursing homes has yielded disturbing death tolls among residents and a new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine confirms people infected with the virus are contributing to the spread without displaying any symptoms.
The study concludes that "rapid and...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
The Hacienda Healthcare physician responsible for performing regular exams on an incapacitated patient, whose rape was only brought to light after unexpectedly giving birth to a baby boy in December, has surrendered his medical license.
According to a Nov. 8 consent order from the Arizona Medical Board, Dr. Phillip Gear...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...National News
A study digging into payroll data unveiled various discrepancies between federal expectations and registered nurse staffing in nursing facilities across the country.
The study, published in Health Affairs, was authored by a group of Harvard University researchers and looked at more than 15,000 facilities.
Up to 75 percent of...Arizona News
A Government Accountability Office (GAO) report analyzed Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) data regarding abuse in nursing homes across the country and found abuse deficiencies in nursing homes had more than doubled in a four year period. Increasing from 430 claims in 2013 to 875 for 2017, or 103.4 percent with the...Arizona News
The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) is calling on state survey agencies to up the level of oversight in skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) after a report revealed a 15-year gap of abuse investigations across Oregon nursing homes that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) failed to address.
The same...National News
The minority staff of the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance released an unfavorable nursing home report last week titled, “Sheltering in Danger.” The report is an account of the way in which nursing home residents were put at risk during Hurricanes Harvey and Irma in 2017 due to poor emergency planning.
Senators claimed the...National News
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a notice on Friday, Oct. 5 looking to increase oversight of nursing home staff to ensure attendants are showing up to care for seniors in their home and prevent cases of elderly abuse or unlawful actions.
CMS stated in its notice that it's seeking to propose a rule that...Arizona News
The 85-bed facility ranks among the worst in the country, receiving a one-star rating from the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
Providing short-term rehabilitation and stabilization, the Prescott Community Living Center demonstrated a lack in quality of care with 45 percent of patients claiming to have moderate to severe...National News
The Human Rights Watch report makes the claim that the overmedication of antipsychotics in nursing homes has become an epidemic.
The report quotes Walter L., a Texas nursing home patient who was given antipsychotics. “Too many times I’m given too many pills…, I can’t even talk. I have a thick tongue when they do that. I ask...
