May 6, 2002 HHS Releases Quality Data About Individual Nursing Homes On April 24, 2002, HHS Secretary Tommy G. Thompson released new quality data that give seniors and their families comparative information about local nursing homes' quality of care. The six-state pilot project -- involving nursing homes serving Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries in Colorado, Florida, Maryland, Ohio, Rhode Island and Washington -- is part of HHS' Nursing Home Quality Initiative to further improve the quality of care received by the 2.9 million Americans who live in nursing homes nationwide. April 25, HHS' Centers for Medicare . . .