The icon will be updated on a monthly basis at the same time as inspection results. CMS said the monthly updating will come quicker than current quarterly updates and ensures that nursing ...

Federal officials caused an uproar Oct. 7 when they announced that nursing homes given certain abuse, neglect or exploitation citations would have a red open-hand “stop” icon placed next to ...

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) in October introduced an eye-catching alert icon on their online Nursing Home Compare tool to signal that a particular facility had recently been cited ...