… These regulations arose from a political process based on public and legislative concerns
about nursing home care in Maryland. A governor-appointed nursing home task force …

… The regulations were reviewed by the Maryland nursing home industry … of nursing homes
in Maryland, the authority to enforce medical standards outlined in these regulations in nursing …

… scores from the deficiency database of the Maryland Office of Health Care Quality (OHCQ)
that classify violations of state and federal regulations according to scope and severity. The …

… The Nursing Home Reform Act mandated that NHs were to … Maryland is one state that had
improved the quality of IPs in … training and regulatory upgrades sponsored by the Maryland …

… -mix system for nursing home payment in the state of Maryland. Maryland adopted case-mix …
' general commitment to service, licensure regulation, and generosity of payment for other …

… that were potentially brought about by strengthened nursing home regulations and broadly
targeted quality-improvement initiatives such as public reporting. For example, Li et al 8 …

… We believe that, despite its limitations, our study provides useful information about the
potential benefits and consequences of Maryland's regulations for nursing home attending …

… nursing home care and state regulations in addition to federal oversight of these current
regulations … In response to a growing concern that Maryland nursing homes were severely under…

… care (LTC) facilities or nursing homes. These health care facilities are … regulatory initiative,
which included the promulgation of revisions of the Code of Annotated Maryland Regulations …

… rate is fixed for each nursing home, but varies across nursing homes according to the average
case-… of Silver Spring, Maryland, was hired to collect the data and to supervise a team of …