Purpose: This study examined federal and state civil money penalties and fines collected
from nursing homes and how states used the collected funds. Design and Methods: We …

Purpose: The study examined factors associated with state variations in the use of federal
and state civil money penalties (CMPs) for nursing homes. Design and Methods: We …

Purpose: This study was undertaken to examine the resources, staffing, and performance of
the state survey agencies that have primary responsibility for regulating nursing facilities …

Purpose: State variation in inclusion of ancillary services in daily Medicaid nursing home
reimbursement rates, versus covering ancillary costs outside of such rates, makes rate …

Abstract Purpose: Minnesota's Nursing Facility Performance-Based Incentive Payment
Program (PIPP) supports provider-initiated projects aimed at improving care quality and …

Abstract Purpose: This study describes Florida's model of Medicaid nursing home (NH)
reimbursement to compensate NHs for disaster-related expenses incurred as a result of 8 …

Purpose: Nursing home pay-for-performance (P4P) programs are intended to maximize the
value obtained from public and private expenditures by measuring and rewarding better …

Abstract Purpose of the Study: This study draws lessons for successful consumer
engagement in Medicaid nursing home (NH) reimbursement policy from New York and …

Our nation has had a unique long-term care financing policy for the past 25 years: you pay
for it and when you've spent everything you've got, Medicaid will step in. In part, because we …

The nursing home problem in Florida was characterized as a debate over quality of care and
the rapid increase of lawsuits against nursing homes that led to a decline in the availability …