special focus facilities

Webinar: Resident Falls and Poorly Performing Facilities: Key Findings From Two Federal Evaluations

Register for LTCCC’s February webinar.

Presenters: Ruth Ann Dorrill, Caitlin Foster, Rebecca Gorges, and Shanna Weitz Powerpoint Slides (PDF) – Falls OIG Report – Falls Powerpoint Slides (PDF) – Special Focus Facilities OIG Report – Special Focus Facilities

Wounds left to worsen: Elder Justice “No Harm” Newsletter (Volume 7, Issue 6)

In the Elder Justice Newsletter, we highlight citations, including deficiencies related to abuse, neglect, and substandard care, that have been identified as not causing any resident harm. The goal of this brief newsletter is to shed light on the issue of so-called “no harm” deficiencies, which typically result in no fine or penalty to the […]

LTCCC Alert: New Data Report Finds One in Six U.S. Nursing Homes is a “Problem Facility”

September 30, 2021 – The Long Term Care Community Coalition (LTCCC) regularly publishes data on key indicators relevant to nursing home care. Today, LTCCC is releasing a new report containing federal data on five-star ratings, ownership type, enforcement, and other important information for all 15,000 U.S. nursing homes. The report features a page […]

Problem Facilities: SFFs and One-Star Nursing Homes (2021)

Special Focus Facilities (SFFs) and SFF Candidates are nursing homes that have a history of serious quality issues or are included in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) program to stimulate improvements in their quality of care. One-star facilities are assigned the lowest overall rating (one out of five stars) based on health […]

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