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The National Imperative to Improve Nursing Home Quality

Briggs Healthcare

“Nursing homes play a unique dual role in the long-term care continuum, serving as a place where people receive needed health care and a place they call home. The 1986 Institute of Medicine report Improving the Quality of Care in Nursing Homes identified a range of challenges to the quality of care in nursing homes.

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What Price Transparency?: California SB 650 Shines Light on Skilled Nursing Facility Ownership while creating New Reporting Burdens for California Skilled Nursing Facilities

Sheppard Health Law

AB 1042 (Jones Sawyer): Related Party Accountability. Related parties will be liable for unpaid state monetary penalties for citations and unpaid Quality Assurance Fees. Restores facility liability to up to $500 for each violation of a resident’s rights. AB 1502 (Muratsuchi): Nursing Home Ownership and Management Reform.

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