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When the auditors said the nursing home numbers were wrong, they were only half right

Jun 29, 2026 • David Zatara • #healthcare#nursing-homes#data-analysis#measurement#OIG#policy

Federal investigators found 938,000 unsupported RN hours in a single month. That is the accuracy problem. There is also a distribution problem, and they are not the same thing.

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Your nursing home's staffing rating is calculated on a Wednesday

Oct 8, 2024 • David Zatara • #healthcare#nursing-homes#data-analysis#measurement#policy

The number families use to compare nursing homes is a quarterly average that treats all seven days equally. The daily data shows what that average hides: four days of reduced coverage, every week, at nearly every facility in the country.

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