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Article: Underperforming nursing homes named by CMS.
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- Discharge Planning Advisor
- Article date:
- May 1, 2008
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Underperforming nursing homes named by CMS
Agency hopes exposure will push them to improve
Sometimes the bright light of unwanted attention can spur improvement, and that's the theory behind the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' (CMS) decision to publish the names of underperforming nursing homes.
CMS in November 2007 began publishing the names of "special focus facility" (SFF) nursing homes that had failed to improve significantly after being given the opportunity to do so. (The updated list is available at www.cms.hhs.gov/CertificationandComplianc/Downloads/SFFList.pdf.)
Once a facility is selected as an SFF, state survey ...