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On October 21, 2022, CMS announced new actions to increase accountability and scrutiny on nursing homes in the Special Focus Facilities Program (SFF Program), an oversight program for...

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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is increasing scrutiny and oversight over the country's poorest-performing nursing facilities. CMS is toughening requirements for completion to the Special Focus Facility Program and increasing enforcement actions for facilities that fail to demonstrate improvement. However, currently only 0.5%, or 88 nursing homes, nationwide

Changes to CMS’ Special Focus Facilities program will increase scrutiny, hold facilities accountable for substandard safety and quality, and improve care for

President Joe Biden outlined a broad set of policies aimed at improving nursing home care during his State of the Union address in March.

OSWEGO – Mayor William Barlow has called upon the state Department of Health to temporarily revoke Pontiac Nursing Home’s license, has offered to assist with any necessary relocation of Pontiac’s residents to other local, licensed health care providers, and intends to gather testimony and evidence on Pontiac from past and present residents, their families, and employees, which he will forward to the state. In a March 25 letter to Commissioner Howard Zucker, Barlow formally reques...