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APRIL 28, 2023

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) requires all health facilities in the Medicare program to track and report data reflecting pressure injury development on all clients. The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s patient safety tool, Preventing Pressure Ulcers in Hospitals , also provides helpful guidance.

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JANUARY 16, 2023

Home-based care is growing. A McKinsey & Company survey shows that up to $265 billion worth of care services could shift from traditional healthcare facilities to the home by 2025. Increased scrutiny of nursing homes. The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted staffing challenges in nursing homes across the country.

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APRIL 6, 2022

To align with the latest federal guidance on state nursing home surveys, consider what policies and practices you need to update to better ensure regulatory compliance. Enhanced Nursing Home Oversight. Other calls for reform have come from inside the healthcare industry. CMS Guidance to State Survey Agencies.

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Nursing Home Medicare Medicaid Hospitals 52

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OCTOBER 10, 2022

Federal and state agencies’ routine surveys of healthcare organizations can be stressful. Whether your focus is skilled nursing, home health, hospice, or another post-acute sector, are you confident in your survey readiness? Regardless of the healthcare setting, you don’t want to be on this type of list.

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