Time to Support Nursing Home Surveys and Enforcement: Response to the Position of the Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine

In the tenth month of a pandemic that has dealt a lethal blow to residents of long-term care across the country, some nursing home industry advocates and even state public health authorities are urging that we retool oversight of these facilities to deemphasize strong enforcement of safety rules in favor of a cozier and more cooperative relationship between state agency surveyors or inspectors and the industries they regulate.