Federal officials are considering significantly expanding how much information nursing homes must record in the Minimum Data Set, potentially adding reporting for patients outside of Medicare to ...
In the present SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) providing long-term and post-acute care have been a focus of new infections and fatal illness outcomes. Decisions about health ...
An analysis of Minimum Data Set assessments has found that overall antibiotic use in nursing homes did not change from 2012 to 2016, and that there was an increase in use where no infection was ...