Skilled Nursing News September 3, 2020
The federal government on Thursday announced the completion of a plan to fold its consumer-facing Nursing Home Compare website into a larger database of public information on a variety of health care providers.
Now known as Care Compare, the overhauled Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) site compiles information about nursing homes, home health services, inpatient rehabilitation facilities, long-term acute care hospitals, dialysis providers, and hospitals.
“By aggregating all eight of CMS’s quality tools into a single interface, patients can easily research different providers and facilities before they entrust themselves to their care,” administrator Seema Verma said in a statement announcing the rollout. “Today’s launch of Care Compare is the next step in fulfilling our eMedicare promise. Our administration...
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