Nursing home not able to admit medicare patients

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How bad is it for a nursing home to loose its right to admit medicare patients? Is that common? Would you as an employee stay away from a nursing home that had this happen?

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Obviously, they have been repeatedly cited from the state. If I was new, I probably wouldn't want to come into a situation like that.

Have you looked up the surveys online to find out what or why?

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Specializes in LTC, assisted living, med-surg, psych.

Yes, I would definitely stay away. Being prohibited from accepting Medicare patients is reserved for only the most severe deficiencies, e.g. neglect that resulted in significant harm to residents. I wouldn't work for such a facility for that reason alone.......but it also doesn't do one's reputation much good to be associated with one.

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Specializes in LTC/TELE.

Run Run Run as fast as you can, you dont want to get caught up in their mess

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Specializes in M/S, Travel Nursing, Pulmonary.

I stay away from nursing homes period. Ones who have gone even further down than the pittance expectations of avg. nursing homes would be doubly avoided by me.

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How do you look up the state surveys? What kinds of problems can make a home loose its right to admit medicare patients?

One of my friends just started working in a nursing home that lost its right to admit medicare patients for a couple of months. She didn't know that when she was hired. She found out sorta by accident. Should I tell her to qiut her job?

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Specializes in Geriatrics, Psych.

Could it be because they do not have a Therapies Dept.? Sometimes Therapies are subcontracted out and if the Therapy Service's contract with the Facility is completed for the year they do not renew. Let's hope this is the reason and not because of deficiencies.

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Specializes in LTC, home health, addiction, hospice.

If the facility is not willing to give you a valid reason for losing the Medicare status then you may want to leave. I would ask first. You can get info on the facility from you state nursing home association....google: (your state) nursing home association, it should give you a website with a .org. Hope this helps you!!

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Specializes in Acute Care/ LTC.

no it isn't common ...and it could mean no pay check...stay away!!!!!!

to..Eriksoln..not all nursing homes are bad...why the put down.??

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Specializes in Geriatrics, Home Health.
How do you look up the state surveys?

Try your state's official government website, which should be "statename".gov, and search for nursing homes. You can also go to Medicare.gov.

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Specializes in Gerontology, Med surg, Home Health.

Go to Nursing Home Compare. You can find the survey results there. It is a drastic step to close a place to medicare admissions.

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Thanks for all your advice. I'll tell my friend to check the websites you mentioned. She's really upset about this because she found out by overhearing someone in the know talk about it and was told to keep it quiet. I guess that would worry me if I knew something was wrong but told to shut up and not ask questions.

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