Improving nursing home quality and information

Improving nursing home quality and information

Collection:
Health Policy and Services Research
Contributor(s):
United States. Government Accountability Office, issuing body.
United States. Congress, issuing body.
Publication:
Washington, DC : United States Government Accountability Office, January 2022
Language(s):
English
Format:
Text
Subject(s):
Decision Making -- ethics
Government Regulation
Nursing Homes -- standards
Quality Assurance, Health Care -- legislation & jurisprudence
United States
Genre(s):
Technical Report
Abstract:
Over 1.4 million Americans, including veterans, receive care in about 15,500 nursing homes. Most of these homes are overseen by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), while homes that serve veterans are overseen by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). Some homes are overseen by both. CMS defines the quality standards the homes it oversees must meet in order to participate in Medicare and Medicaid. CMS-certified nursing homes are regularly inspected, and if a home violates a federal standard, a deficiency is cited and must be corrected. VA generally follows a similar oversight process for the homes it oversees—its community living centers and state-owned and -operated veterans homes. Both CMS and VA provide some nursing home quality information to consumers through their websites.
Copyright:
The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
Extent:
1 online resource (1 PDF file (2 unnumbered pages))
Illustrations:
Illustrations
NLM Unique ID:
9918383085806676 (See catalog record)
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/9918383085806676