Seventy-five of Iowa’s 393 nursing facilities are now subject to a reduced form of government inspection, a new analysis of federal data shows.
The National Consumer Voice for Quality Long-Term Care, a nonprofit advocacy group, has analyzed, on a state-by-state basis, the federal government’s new, shorter inspection process for nursing homes that’s based on the facilities’ perceived risk to residents.
Beginning on Sept. 8, 2026, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services began using the new Risk-Based Survey process for selected nursing homes across the country, replacing the traditional, more thorough process at those facilities that CMS considers “lower risk.”…