Nursing Homes: Public Reporting of Quality Indicators Has Merit, but National Implementation Is Premature
October, 2002 GAO Report to Congressional Requesters GAO-03-187 Nursing Homes: Public Reporting of Quality Indicators Has Merit, but National Implementation Is Premature CMSs initiative to augment existing public data on nursing home quality has considerable merit, but its planned November 2002 implementation does not allow sufficient time to ensure the indicators it publishes are appropriate and useful to consumers. CMSs plan urges consumers to consider nursing homes with positive quality indicator scores, in effect, attempting to use market forces to encourage nursing homes to improve the quality of care. However, CMS is moving forward without adequately resolving a . . .
