Regulation and Reimbursement Links

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

• CMS - Nursing Home Compare (Quality Care Finder)
  Find Medicare-certified home health agencies based on services like skilled nursing care, physical therapy, speech therapy and home health aides. Then, compare each home health agency based on the quality of their care.
• CMS Online Manual System 

Center for Disease Control and Prevention

• CDC releases full environmental infection control guidelines - a 235-page Guideline on Environmental Infection Control in Health Care.  It includes background information, recommendations, and full appendices.
• The guidelines include recommendations for reducing infection risk related to air and water environmental concerns; cleaning and disinfecting environmental surfaces; environmental culturing; laundry and bedding; managing regulated medical waste; construction and renovation; use of carpeting; pest control; animals in healthcare facilities; and water quality in hemodialysis.

U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) reports

• GAO Reports
• The Joint Commission