Report to Congress
Subtitle: study of private accreditation (deeming) of nursing homes, regulatory incentives and non-regulatory initiatives, and effectiveness of the survey and certification system
Contributors: Abt Associates
Publisher: Health Care Financing Administration
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Baltimore, Maryland?]
Language: eng
Subjects: Tables; Statistics; Nursing home patients; Accreditation; United States. Health Care Financing Administration; Nursing home care; Administration; Standards; Forms; Quality control; Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations; Long-term care facilities; United States; Nursing homes; Care
Other titles: Study of private accreditation (deeming) of nursing homes, regulatory incentives and non-regulatory initiatives, and effectiveness of the survey and certification system.
Notes: Cover title.

Includes errata sheet.

"This report was written by HCFA staff with many chapters based on material prepared by the primary evaluation contractor for this study, Abt Associates"--Acknowledgments.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: v. I. Executive summary ; pt. I. Background and report overview. 1.0. Background and report overview ; pt. II. Private accreditation/deeming of nursing homes. 2.0. Private regulation of nursing home quality ; 3.0. History of accreditation and deemed status in hospital and home health care ; 4.0. Catalog of accreditation entities ; 5.0. Content analysis of JCAHO standards and HCFA regulations for LTC ; 6.0. Comparison of HCFA and JCAHO surveyor training ; 7.0. Observational study of the JCAHO long term care facility survey process ; 8.0. Comparative analysis of HCFA and JCAHO survey results ; 9.0. Comparison between the Joint Commission Accreditation Survey and a concurrent nursing home quality survey ; 10.0. Comparison of enforcement and JCAHO follow-up ; 11.0. Comparative analysis of HCFA and JCAHO survey costs; title: v.  II. pt. III. Regulatory incentives and non-regulatory initiatives for improving nursing home care. 12.0. Review of research linking payment to improved resident outcomes ; 13.0. Review of non-regulatory quality improvement interventions; title: v. III. pt. IV. Evaluation of HCFA's nursing home survey and certification system.14.0. Background : nursing home regulation in the U.S. ; 15.0. Effectiveness of OBRA '87 ; 16.0. Stakeholder perceptions of how the current system is working in practice; 17.0. Changes in resident status pre and post July 1, 1995 ; 18.0. Evidence on processes : administration ; 19.0. Evidence on processes : problem identification ; 20.0. Evidence on processes : problems corrected? Results of interviews with long-term care providers; title: v. IV. Appendices A-N.