Efforts by a Staten Island nursing home to dramatically improve its performance on pain management have been recognized in an article by the managing editor of the New York/New Jersey division of Nursing Spectrum.

At press time, the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) was planning to award new, three-year Medicare Quality Improvement Organization (QIO) contracts in all fifty states in time for an August 1 start date.

New York Governor David A. Paterson and legislative leaders in Albany have reached agreement on a series of reforms aimed at improving access to information on disciplinary actions involving physicians, physician assistants and specialist assistants.