Having seen a lot of news about the quality of nursing home care recently, we’ve developed at series of analytical reports that look at different aspects of nursing home care. This includes the number of homes and beds, staffing levels, COVID-19 infection levels, and state by state analysis. We see […]

On September 1, 2023 the US Department for Health and Human Services announced new minimum staffing standards for US nursing homes (see press release from CMS). The proposals comes more than a year after President Biden mentioned them in the 2022 State of the Union address and despite significant concerns […]

Are you a skilled nursing home provider looking to showcase your top performing status? Maybe we can help. We’ve noticed that many companies have been referring to our lists of top performing health care companies in their press releases and marketing materials. And now, we’re considering creating a badge that […]

As we were putting together the various pages related to the data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (“CMS”), we did not know what information would be interesting for people. We’ve tried to monitor what people click on and note what concerns people raise when they contact us. One […]

We noticed and have been warning about the backlog in nursing home inspections for a few years. Take a look at this page showing a graph of the delinquency and our blog article from 2021. Now Newsweek recently published an article showing the human toll this backlog is causing. Here […]

At some point in your life, it’s likely that you will have a friend or family member who will reside in a nursing home.  This can be a very traumatic experience both for the person in the nursing home and for friends and family.  Here are some items to consider […]

Recently we decided to augment the data that was have on skilled nursing homes by bringing in data provided by the individual states. This project began as an attempt to better understand the data that is published by The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (“CMS”) and nearly all the data […]

If you have read any of my blog entries, you will see that I like home health care. I think taking care of patients in their home is generally a better and less expensive way to deliver needed care. Patients are more relaxed at home and having care come to […]

On September 26, 2022, The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid issued a press release stating that they were making more Nursing Home Data publicly available: see here. According to the release: “This data will, for the first time, give… the public an enhanced ability to identify common owners of nursing […]

What Home Health Care Does General Services Home health care agencies provide services that help individuals maintain their health and well-being in their own homes. These services can be tailored to meet the specific needs of the individual and are often used to supplement the care provided by family members. […]