Long-term care providers could soon see changes to the Nursing Home Compare website under the latest initiative by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. The agency announced Thursday that it ...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services didn’t set out to make waves this summer, but a technology upgrade is having unexpected ripple effects. The federal agency recently announced a temporary ...

The website Nursing Home Compare, sponsored by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, is a go-to resource for many families researching nursing home options for their loved ones. The number ...

Care Compare aims to give Medicare patients and family caregivers a user-friendly online tool to make informed decisions about healthcare based on location, cost, quality of care, volume of services, ...

You can see how the nursing homes in your community have fared in recent health and safety inspections by visiting Medicare's Nursing Home Compare website at medicare ...

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is updating the nursing home compare and the five-star quality rating system by dropping the threshold for RN staffing from seven to four days, adding a ...

If you’re looking for a safe nursing home for your loved one, the federal government’s new comparison tool is helpful starting point, but long-term care experts advise digging a bit deeper. The ...

You probably saw the viral Facebook post by the Texas man who said he planned to move into a Holiday Inn rather than a nursing home because it would cost less. That’s a radical idea, and not an ...

ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. Nursing home residents have been among those hardest hit by ...

Choosing a nursing home can be a daunting task. Many families agonize over the decision. IndyStar reporters spent about 18 months investigating Indiana's nursing home system. They found a lot of ...

A nursing home resident trust fund is an account managed by care facilities to help cover extra expenses for residents. Learn how these funds offer financial support.