Medicare’s nursing home rating system is designed to help consumers compare nursing homes, identify quality differences, and spot areas of concern. While Medicare usually doesn’t cover long-term ...

Nursing home quality is in such flux in the US that more than a quarter of 5-star rated facilities later slid to the lowest rating and more than two-fifths climbed from the bottom to the top in an ...

The government’s “star” ratings for nursing homes are misleading, new research finds.

In order to be successful within the evolving Five-Star Ratings System, nursing homes must understand the system’s mechanics, ...

This Five-Star CMS rating is a meaningful reflection of the compassion, dedication and professionalism they bring to ...

Medicare’s nursing home ratings are one tool people can use to evaluate potential long-term care facilities. While they offer insight into staff levels and performance on health and quality ...

Despite the multiple levers it can pull, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is failing to drive true quality improvement among federally funded nursing homes, members of a Congressional ...

CORTLAND, N.Y. — The Guthrie Cortland Nursing & Rehabilitation Center achieved a Five-Star Quality Rating from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, along with an Overall Rating of Four Stars, ...

Dr. Conway writes that the addition of the star rating system aims at making the quality information available on these websites easier to understand for consumers. CMS’ Nursing Home Compare website ...

A total of 150 nursing homes in New York received the lowest overall rating in the latest federal government review of safety, staffing and quality measures. The federal ratings were released late ...