New Information Added To Nursing Home Compare Web Site
Medicaid beneficiaries and families searching for top quality long-term care
services can find critical new information added today to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) Web
site "Nursing Home Compare." For the first time, information about nursing homes on the Compare Web site will list
whether a home is or has been on CMS’ special focus facility (SFF) list. The agency’s SFF initiative gives heightened
scrutiny to nursing homes that have a history of poor performance or repeated violations of state and federal health
and safety rules. Read more...