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AHCA Emphasizes Quality Improvement in America's Nursing Homes

Published in Hospital Business Week, July 6th, 2008

The American Health Care Association (AHCA) today commended the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for their commitment to quality nursing home care through the newly introduced "five-star" rating system, but urged caution, stating that although they support a quality index, any system that relies heavily on survey data can not accurately assess quality in any one facility.

"Every one of our nation's nursing home residents deserves the highest quality nursing home care, and although we applaud the longstanding work of CMS, we do not believe that an index which relies upon a broken survey system is an accurate way to measure quality," stated Bruce Yarwood,...

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