More Information on Nursing Homes
More current nursing home information
can be obtained from the following sources:
On the Centers
for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Web site,
click on "Compare
nursing homes in your area" to go to Nursing
Home Compare.
There you will find specific information about individual
nursing homes as
well as averages
by state
and nationally. Click here for
helpful related Web sites.
The Health
Care Financing Review is the subscription journal
of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services. This journal seeks to contribute to an improved understanding of
the Medicare and Medicaid programs and the U.S. health care
system by presenting
information and analyses on a broad range of health care financing and delivery
issues. The journal highlights the results of policy-relevant research and
provides a forum for a broad range of viewpoints to stimulate discussion among
a diverse audience that includes policymakers, planners, administrators, insurers,
researchers, and health care providers. It is published quarterly, with an
additional statistical supplement issue every year.
The National Nursing Home Survey
(NNHS) (1973–2004) is a continuing series of national sample surveys
of nursing homes, their residents, and their staff conducted by the National
Center for Health Statistics (NCHS). The NNHS was conducted in 1973–74,
1977, 1985, 1995, 1997, 1999, and 2004.
. The Medicare
Current Beneficiary Survey (MCBS) is a continuous,
multipurpose survey of a nationally representative sample
of aged, disabled, and institutionalized Medicare beneficiaries. MCBS,
which is sponsored by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, is
the only comprehensive source of information on the health status, health care
use and expenditures, health insurance coverage, and socioeconomic and demographic
characteristics of the entire spectrum of Medicare beneficiaries. Numerous
tables are provided annually.
. The annual Data
Compendium from
the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services provides key statistics about
CMS programs and health care spending. The tables provide expert analysis
of the data CMS collects each year about its programs and the nation's health
care system. The Data Compendium contains historic, current, and projected
data on Medicare enrollment and Medicaid recipients, expenditures, and utilization.
Data pertaining to budget, administrative and operating costs, individual income,
financing, and health care providers and suppliers are also included. National
data not specific to the Medicare or Medicaid programs may be found throughout
the publications.
.
To access the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) research reports
on skilled nursing facilities, go to the MedPAC
Web site and click on Research Areas >Post-Acute Care >Skilled Nursing
Facilities. MedPAC is an independent federal body established by the Balanced
Budget Act of 1997 (P.L. 105-33) to advise the U.S. Congress on issues affecting
the Medicare program. In addition to advising Congress on payments to private
health plans participating in Medicare and providers in Medicare's traditional
fee-for-service program, MedPAC is also tasked with analyzing access to care,
quality of care, and other issues affecting Medicare.
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