A USA Today article examines the federal governments first analysis ratings of nearly 16,000 Nursing Homes.

The scores reflect tens of thousands of inspection records, complaint investigations and quality measures, such as how many nursing staff hours were provided each day to patients, how many patients developed bedsores and how many were placed in restraints. Much of the data were collected in 2008.

Acting Medicare Administrator Kerry Weems says offering the data in a simple five-star format should prompt “a national conversation about nursing home quality” and spur homes to improve.

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