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Shift toward staffing could dislodge stars from top-rated nursing homes

Under two proposed alternatives to the Five-Star Quality Rating System methodology, only 4% to 5% of nursing homes would earn ...
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Facilities Staffing Requirements for Veterans Health Administration

A committee will prepare a comprehensive resource planning and staffing methodology guidebook for VHA Facility Management (Engineering) Programs. The resource and staffing methodology must take into ...
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CMS to post more nursing home ownership data, facility health data for first time when it unfreezes star ratings this month

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced Monday that it will begin posting certain nursing home ownership information, as well as aggregated MDS data for all residents at a facility, ...
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Arizona Is Best State for Long-Term Care in Nursing Homes and Assisted Living Facilities — Here’s How Other States Stack Up

The latest ValuePenguin study finds just 16 states provide four or more nurse staffing hours per resident daily despite higher federal recommendations. Three years into the COVID-19 pandemic, staffing ...