Nursing homes: CMS should make ownership information more transparent for consumers : report to the Honorable Richard Neal, House of Representatives

Nursing homes: CMS should make ownership information more transparent for consumers : report to the Honorable Richard Neal, House of Representatives

Collection:
Health Policy and Services Research
Alternate Title(s):
CMS should make ownership information more transparent for consumers: report to the Honorable Richard Neal, House of Representatives
Contributor(s):
United States. Government Accountability Office, issuing body.
Publication:
Washington, DC : United States Government Accountability Office, January 2023
Language(s):
English
Format:
Text
Subject(s):
Government Regulation
Information Dissemination
Nursing Homes -- economics
Nursing Homes -- organization & administration
United States
United States. Department of Health and Human Services
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (U.S.)
Genre(s):
Technical Report
Abstract:
Why GAO did this study. CMS provides oversight of the nation’s over 15,000 nursing homes that participate in the Medicare and Medicaid programs. This includes ensuring that homes have met certain quality standards. Several studies have shown that the quality of care provided at a nursing home can be related to its ownership. In addition, GAO and others have identified limitations in the transparency and accuracy of information on nursing home ownership. GAO was asked to report on CMS’s use of nursing home ownership information. In this study, GAO examined, among other objectives, the transparency of nursing home ownership information for consumers on Care Compare. To do so, GAO reviewed CMS documentation and interviewed CMS officials, consumer groups, and researchers. GAO also assessed whether the nursing home information on Care Compare aligned with the characteristics of effective transparency tools identified in prior GAO work. What GAO Recommends. GAO is recommending that CMS fully align nursing home ownership information on Care Compare with relevant characteristics of effective transparency tools. This should include organizing ownership information to allow consumers to identify and examine quality ratings for nursing homes under common ownership, and using plain language to define key terms. The Department of Health and Human Services concurred with this recommendation.
Copyright:
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Extent:
1 online resource (1 PDF file (ii, 34 pages))
Illustrations:
Illustrations
NLM Unique ID:
9918589885706676 (See catalog record)
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/9918589885706676