GAO zeroes in on mediocre nursing facilities
Contemporary Long-Term Care Weekly, April 26, 2007
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) issued a report last week regarding the lack of penalties given to nursing homes that are repeatedly cited for resident mistreatment. It stated that little has changed since 1998 when the GAO first called attention to this matter.
Bruce Yarwood, president and CEO of the American Healthcare Association (AHCA), responded by saying those repeat offender nursing homes repented the small amount of facilities that do not meet the necessary standards of performance. He also stated that AHCA "continues to aggressively pursue avenues where we can work in concert with the federal government to ensure care quality for our patients and residents." Larry Minnix, president and CEO of the American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging (AASHA) claimed that there should be two types of nursing homes: the excellent and the non-existent. He added that CMS should require facilities to report on their staffing levels, as that is where problems of poor performance often commence.
Access the full report at http://www.hcpro.com/content/69747.cfm.
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