RICHMOND, Va. — Virginia's Medicaid agency will no longer give out quality-based bonus payments to the state's worst-performing nursing homes.

The change comes on the heels of CBS 6's reporting that showed the state rewarded facilities that have been identified as having the most serious violations of health and safety standards for extended periods of time.

Andrew Mitchell with the Department of Medical Assistance Services (DMAS) announced the changes in a presentation to the Virginia Nursing Home Oversight and Accountability Advisory Board earlier this month.

DMAS has run the Value Based Purchasing Program since 2021, which allows nursing facilities to earn extra Medicaid dollars in addition to the base Medicaid funding they already receive. The amount of extra money they get depend

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