The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today announced it will soon launch a ground-breaking ranking system of America’s nursing homes, giving each a “star” rating. CMS is requesting comments on the system designed to provide patients and their families an easy to understand assessment of nursing home quality, making meaningful distinctions between high performing and low performing homes...

After much anticipation and development work, the Beacon Institute will begin offering a recently OHCQ-approved 80 hour training course, as soon as August at Beacon's Handelman Conference Center and other locations around the state if demand for the programming is evident...

Get your golf on at our Twelfth Annual Beacon Golf Tournament!! Beacon is planning an excellent day on the links at the Wakefield Golf Club in beautiful Westminster, Maryland. We are planning a great day of competitive play, refreshments and special prizes for golfers...

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The purpose of the "Partnerships in Emergency Preparedness: A Faith-Based and Community Initiatives Preparedness Training Workshop" is to engage the Homeland Security stakeholders, including the private sector, governmental agencies, non-profit groups such as non-governmental organizations and faith-based groups in a strategic partnership to develop a national culture of preparedness...