Politico: States prod nursing homes to take more Covid-19 patients
June 4, 2020
Politico: States prod nursing homes to take more Covid-19 patients
by Maggie Severns & Rachel Roubein
“…But half of the Massachusetts nursing homes that have created dedicated wings for Covid-19 patients are either rated “below average” or “much below average” – two-star or one-star — on the federal scale, according to a review by the advocacy group Massachusetts Advocates for Nursing Home Reform. And one had been designated “special focus facilities” by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, which put them among the 88 worst nursing homes in the country, the group found…”