Agency Finds CMS’s Special Focus Facility Program Fails to Deliver Lasting Nursing Home Quality Improvements
		October 30, 2025 |  | 	
Agency Finds CMS’s Special Focus Facility Program Fails to Deliver Lasting Nursing Home Quality Improvements
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) found that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Specialty Focus Facility (SFF) program, designed to improve care in the nation’s poorest-performing nursing homes, has not led to lasting improvements in quality or compliance. In a report, OIG determined that most nursing homes graduating from… (Eisen, October 29, 2025) #Long-Term Care
 
				