How does CMS collect information for Nursing Home Compare?
Jan 01, 2008
The nursing home quality information reported in Nursing Home Compare on www.medicare.gov comes from two CMS resources.
How do we know the quality measures are based on accurate data?
Jan 01, 2008
According to CMS, the quality measures (QMs) are calculated using information from the Minimum Data Set (MDS).
What is CLIA?
Jan 11, 2008
The Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLIA) established quality standards for all laboratory testing to ensure the accuracy, reliability and timeliness of patient test results regardless...
What is the difference between Medicare and Medicaid?
Jan 11, 2008
Medicare is an insurance program.
Where does CMS have offices?
Jan 01, 2008
CMS has headquarters in Baltimore and Washington.
What is CMS?
Jan 01, 2008
CMS is the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
What short-term trends are affecting nursing homes?
Jan 01, 2008
According to a Wall Street analysis conducted for CMS, here are several: • Wall Street is more pessimistic than in the past about sector prospects. • Higher Medicare payments are subsidizing lower...
How do nursing homes obtain revenues?
Jan 01, 2008
According to CMS, Medicaid paid 48 percent of nursing home expenditures in 2001.
How much is spent on nursing home care each year?
Jan 01, 2008
According to CMS, spending on freestanding nursing home care was $98.9 billion in 2001, up 5.5 percent from 2000.
How many nursing homes exist?
Jan 01, 2008
About 16,500 nursing homes certified exist to provide Medicare and/or Medicaid care in the United States, with approximately 1.8 million total beds.