“The past several years have seen sweeping overhauls of nursing home enforcement on the federal level, and the Medicare program’s top clinical officer says her agency isn’t done beefing up its efforts.”
“Dr. Kate Goodrich, the chief medical officer for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), promised that more changes are coming to a variety of skilled nursing facility oversight programs — from expanded information on the consumer-facing Nursing Home Compare website to potential new quality measures regarding SNF safety…”
“You saw us talk about and publish on our five-part plan, which focuses on strengthening oversight, enhancing enforcement, increasing transparency, improving quality, and putting patients over paperwork…” Read the full article here.
Source: CMS Chief Medical Officer: More Changes Coming to Nursing Home Compare, Quality Measures – By Alex Spanko, September 4, 2019. Skilled Nursing News.
