Finance Concerned With Nursing Home Star Ratings, Closures

Senate Finance Committee members questioned whether the nursing home star ratings system is useful -- and how it might be improved -- one day after CMS announced improvements to the system Tuesday (March 5). Senators on both sides of the aisle also raised concerns with the closure of rural nursing homes, which one expert testified could be exacerbated by low Medicaid pay rates, and Finance Committee ranking Democrat Ron Wyden (OR) raised concerns with CMS’ proposal to roll back emergency...