Skilled Nursing News May 10, 2022
As the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services moves ahead with efforts to increase transparency over nursing home ownership — and with private equity in particular taking heat — the former head of the government agency called some of the initiatives “a colossal waste of time.”
Instead, former CMS Administrator Seema Verma believes a more comprehensive approach — rather than the punitive approach the administration is taking — is needed to drive quality in the sector.
“We’re not sitting here trying to figure out who owns home health or who owns dialysis facilities or who owns providers. We’re kind of going through this exercise just in nursing homes because somehow we think that that’s going to increase quality of care,”...
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