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Raleigh (N.C.) Rehabilitation Center has been hit with a $31,320 fine from CMS after an investigation revealed that conditions in the facility had subjected patients to immediate jeopardy, according to an Oct. 10 report from WRAL. 

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Nursing homes that regularly use universal decolonization methods like chlorhexidine bathing to clean the skin and iodophor to clean the nose reduces the chance of a patient being transferred to a hospital due to infection.

Nursing homes provide an average of 3.76 nurse staff hours per resident per day and facilities have an average of 81 residents per day, according to national data collected by CMS.

A Houston rehab hospital has settled a complaint alleging it failed to provide a patient with an American Sign Language interpreter to effectively communicate their medical needs, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Texas.

The District of Columbia has the lowest hospice care index score while West Virginia has the highest, according to CMS data.

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