Skilled Nursing News February 29, 2024
The Office of the Inspector General (OIG) is recommending that the federal government bolster its support to nursing homes – including through policies that help strengthen the workforce – in order to improve quality of care.
In its latest report, which draws upon lessons learned during the pandemic, OIG lays forth a set of five recommendations for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). The report released Thursday is OIG’s final installment in a three-part series about the effects of Covid-19 on nursing homes and provides a more in-depth look at the experiences of nursing homes at this time, basing the analysis on first-hand accounts from 25 facility administrators.
Part one of the OIG series released earlier focused on...
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