Article: American Nurses' Association criticizes Health and Human Services disregard for nursing home quality.

Article: HHS and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs announced a $10 ...
Healthcare Financial Management;  July 1, 2009 ;     699 words ... ... 20 states to help the families of older Americans and veterans with disabilities to care for them at home rather than in nursing homes. Participants will be allowed to direct their own care, including choosing the services they receive and hiring neighbors ...

Article: Nursing homes seek Medicaid relief through action ...
PR Newswire;  January 11, 1990 ;     700+ words ...NURSING HOMES SEEK MEDICAID RELIEF THROUGH ACTION AGAINST HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT TRENTON, N.J., Jan ... New Jersey's Medicaid participating nursing homes, the two associations representing ...

Article: Federal data on local nursing homes online. (Focus: ...
Fairfield County Business Journal;  November 25, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). The federal government ... quality care in our nation's nursing homes," said Tommy Thompson ... be better informed, but nursing homes will be able to see more ... of collaboration to help nursing homes ensure high-quality care ...

Article: Compare nursing homes at HHS Web site.(Department ...
HealthFacts;  May 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... the U.S. Health and Human Services, you can compare the quality of care at all nursing homes certified by Medicare and Medicaid. These nursing homes are inspected annually ... check list format. Only nursing homes that provide skilled ...

Article: HHS releases comparative data on nursing homes in ...
Healthcare Financial Management;  June 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... with access to comparative data about local nursing homes' quality of care. Nursing homes serving Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries ... on three of nine quality indicators for nursing homes in advertisements in 30 newspapers in the ...

Article: Most Nursing Homes Lost Money in 2000, Reports ...
Arkansas Business;  January 22, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... the Arkansas Department of Human Services. Cost reports filed by 222 nursing homes indicate that only 86, or ... 49 percent of the state's nursing homes were profitable. The profitable nursing homes are generally less profitable ...

Article: REP. FINSTAD: HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES BILL FAILS ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  May 8, 2007 ;     482 words ... ... 10.3 billion health and human services funding package that will ... senior citizens and our nursing homes," Finstad said. "The ... funding increase for our nursing homes. That's far from heroic ... with the poor treatment of nursing homes in the bill. "From the ...