Comments on: Medicare Nursing Home Penalties Could Fund Direct-Care Training http://phinational.org/archives/medicare-nursing-home-penalties-could-fund-direct-care-training/ PHI works to improve long-term care -- by improving the jobs of home health aides, certified nurse aides, & personal care attendants. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:41:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Mollie Baldwin http://phinational.org/archives/medicare-nursing-home-penalties-could-fund-direct-care-training/comment-page-1/#comment-4225 Mollie Baldwin Fri, 23 Jul 2010 15:27:54 +0000 http://phinational.org/?p=8387#comment-4225 Don't forget about home care workers and their need for training and support in thye same areas as those needed by facility staff. I realize the penalties are for facility based services yet health care reform also addresses increasing community services as well as making institutional services better. Don’t forget about home care workers and their need for training and support in thye same areas as those needed by facility staff. I realize the penalties are for facility based services yet health care reform also addresses increasing community services as well as making institutional services better.

]]> By: Richard Mollot http://phinational.org/archives/medicare-nursing-home-penalties-could-fund-direct-care-training/comment-page-1/#comment-4223 Richard Mollot Thu, 22 Jul 2010 19:46:48 +0000 http://phinational.org/?p=8387#comment-4223 Thanks for this valuable posting on the use of medicare nursing home penalties to fund direct care training. My organization, the Long Term Care Coalition (LTCCC), has conducted substantial research on the levying and use of CMPs nationwide and is focused on improving the use of these funds by the states so that they are used to support projects and activities that improve resident care and quality of life in innovative ways. Certainly, direct care worker training could be a good use of the funds. Below is LTCCC's website page dedicated to CMPs. It includes tools for stakeholders to work on the use of CMPs in their states. Currently we are working with consumer-oriented stakeholders in four states to help them have a strong role in their states' uses of the funds. We will be issuing a report on this in the fall which, we hope, will be helpful to consumers and other stakeholder to improve transparency and have a greater role in their states' levying and use of these monies. Re. the proposed regs from CMS, we were really thrilled to see them now proposing to allocate CMPs from Medicare, and not just Medicaid; this is a recommendation that we made to CMS a few years ago. Sincerely, Richard Mollot http://www.nursinghome411.org/CMPProject/index.php Thanks for this valuable posting on the use of medicare nursing home penalties to fund direct care training. My organization, the Long Term Care Coalition (LTCCC), has conducted substantial research on the levying and use of CMPs nationwide and is focused on improving the use of these funds by the states so that they are used to support projects and activities that improve resident care and quality of life in innovative ways. Certainly, direct care worker training could be a good use of the funds.

Below is LTCCC’s website page dedicated to CMPs. It includes tools for stakeholders to work on the use of CMPs in their states. Currently we are working with consumer-oriented stakeholders in four states to help them have a strong role in their states’ uses of the funds. We will be issuing a report on this in the fall which, we hope, will be helpful to consumers and other stakeholder to improve transparency and have a greater role in their states’ levying and use of these monies.

Re. the proposed regs from CMS, we were really thrilled to see them now proposing to allocate CMPs from Medicare, and not just Medicaid; this is a recommendation that we made to CMS a few years ago.

Sincerely,

Richard Mollot

http://www.nursinghome411.org/CMPProject/index.php

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