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 HHS Nursing
Home Compare Website Has Major Flaws
At the request of Rep. Henry
A. Waxman and Sen. Charles E. Grassley, this report examines Nursing
Home Compare, the government website that disseminates
information about conditions in individual nursing homes. The
report finds that Nursing Home Compare has major flaws that
can mislead families seeking to find a safe nursing home. The data
on Nursing Home Compare does not include tens of thousands
of recent violations of federal health standards, including nearly
60% of the violations involving death or serious injury. Many
nursing homes with documented violations of federal health
standards are incorrectly portrayed on Nursing Home Compare
as complying with federal standards. 
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