Two area nursing homes have received the highest quality ratings from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). All local facilities accepting Medicare or Medicaid have been evaluated.

New Castle - Delaware Psychiatric Center’s Carvel Unit received a five star ranking from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), the highest available.

The quality of local nursing home care varies from site to site, according to newly released data from a federal agency.

WAUKESHA - Hotels have a five-star rating system for quality and now, so do the nation’s nursing homes. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services in Baltimore just released the rankings, including those for the 392 nursing homes in Wisconsin.

ELKO - Highland Manor received the lowest quality rating of any nursing home in the state based on a new five-star rating system used by the Nevada Bureau of Licensure and Certification developed by the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

More than a quarter of nursing homes in the capital area fared poorly in a five-star rating system introduced by the federal government on Thursday. Only four facilities in Sacramento County garnered the top rating – five stars – while 11 were deemed as "much below average" by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Agency. Ratings are no longer just the domain of restaurant and ...

Seventeen metro-east nursing homes got the lowest ranking possible in a new rating system released by the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

Only one of 24 nursing homes in Sedgwick County got five stars -- the highest score -- in the federal government's newest ratings. Eight got one star, the lowest. The star ratings system, unveiled Thursday, is the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid's latest tool to help consumers compare health care facilities. But those involved with nursing homes, both in the industry and on the consumer ...

Some nursing homes disagree with the ratings released Thursday by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

As the nursing home industry tries to come to grips with what results of a study released last week by The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services actually mean, local nursing home reaction varied from pride to disregard of the numbers.

This week, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services published its annual scoring systems for the 16,000 nursing homes throughout the United States, and out of the 15 facilities in the county, two facilities - Hammonds Lane Center in Brooklyn Park and Heritage Harbour Health and Rehabilitation Center in Annapolis - earned a 'much below average' score in the overall ratings category.

Only one of Sedgwick County's 24 nursing homes got five stars -- the highest score -- in the federal government's newest ratings, but eight got one star, the lowest. The star ratings system, unveiled today, is the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid's latest tool to help consumers compare health care facilities. It includes 15,800 nursing homes nationwide that participate in Medicare or ...

Associated Press - December 19, 2008 7:14 PM ET BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - Data from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services show the percentage of Alabama nursing homes achieving the top...

Questions and answers on Daily Bulletin stories from readers like you. San Bernardino County's nursing homes fared worse than the state average in a new nationwide rating system unveiled Thursday by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

Data from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services show the percentage of Alabama nursing homes achieving the top grade in the government's new five-tier rating system is higher than the national average.

EL PASO -- Two El Paso nursing homes that received a one-star rating (out of five stars) from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services said they recently received recognitions.

Nineteen of Nevada's 48 nursing homes received below average ratings under a new five-star rating system launched by the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services this week, according to state data.

Alabama nursing homes get good marks in Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services ratings More

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, or CMS, has released the quality ratings for each of the country's almost 16,000 nursing homes that participate in Medicare or Medicaid.Included in the report are the 12 nursing homes in Colbert, Franklin and Lauderdale counties.

Six of 11 nursing homes and facilities in Abilene are ranked below average by Nursing Home Compare, a new quality rating system released this week by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on Thursday unveiled a new system of rating the country's nursing homes, leading nursing homes across the country and in the Hanover-Adams area to worry about their ratings.

Commandant Dan Steen was highly critical of the new assessment by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services when contacted Friday. The Iowa Veterans Home was give a rating of two stars out of five in the assessment, which is considered below average. "I've only recently looked at the criteria," Steen said. "It's just full of holes.

BIRMINGHAM, AL- Data from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services show the percentage of Alabama nursing homes achieving the top grade in the government's new five-tier rating system is higher than

THURSDAY, Dec. 18 (HealthDay News) -- The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services unveiled an updated Web site Thursday intended to make choosing a nursing home easier for elderly Americans and their families.

Three of four Greene County nursing home facilities ranked among the lowest in the nation in a survey released Thursday by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and published in a USA Today story.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on Thursday unveiled a five-star rating system for nursing homes that distills an enormous amount of information into an understandable format but shouldn't be taken as the final word on worthiness.

A new report ranks Arkansas 35th in the nation for nursing home care. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is now using a five-star rating system for nursing homes.

The new five-star rating system covers all U.S. nursing homes that accept patients covered by Medicaid and Medicare. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services created the ranking.

According to a report issued Thursday by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Tennessee’s nursing homes ranked third worst in the nation, only falling behind Louisiana and Georgia.

San Bernardino County's nursing homes fared worse than the state average in a new nationwide rating system unveiled Thursday by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.