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62.8% Of U.S. For-Profit Nursing Homes Changed Ownership During COVID-19 Pandemic

September 11, 2026

A study published in March 2026 that was designed to examine relationships between facility and resident characteristics to ownership change in U.S. nursing homes during the COVID-19 pandemic (i.e., between March 2020 to March 2023) reported that of the 9,256 for-profit nursing homes with an organiz[...]

OIG Report: Medicare Advantage Organizations Denied Prior Authorization Requests For Nursing Home Care At Higher Rates, And Overturned 97% Of Denials When Appealed

August 27, 2026

OIG had in the past raised concerns that Medicare Advantage organizations’ (MAOs’) use of prior authorization can in some cases result in denials and delays in access to needed care for enrollees. MAOs that inappropriately deny care are not delivering the full value that taxpayers pay them to pr[...]

Iowa Nursing Home Sued Three Times For Wrongful Death Since 2024

August 7, 2026

Parkridge Specialty Care of Pleasant Hill, Iowa reportedly has been sued three times since 2024 for wrongful death, with the most recent filed in August 2025 by the Estate of Maris Bergis, alleging dependent adult abuse, recklessness, negligence, and wrongful death. The lawsuit reportedly alleges th[...]

OIG Report: Nursing Homes Inappropriately Diagnosed Residents With Schizophrenia To Mask Misuse Of Antipsychotic Drugs

May 16, 2026

In its March 2026 report entitled “Nursing Homes Inappropriately Diagnosed Residents with Schizophrenia to Mask the Misuse of Antipsychotic Drugs,” the Office of Inspector General (OIG) of the Department of Health and Human Services stated: Why OIG Did This Review What OIG Found OIG’s [...]

Investigation Uncovers Massive Medicaid Scam At Two New Jersey Nursing Homes

January 27, 2026

The Office of the State Comptroller finds Hammonton and Deptford nursing home owners and associates diverted millions as residents suffered and should repay $124 million: The New Jersey Office of the State Comptroller (OSC) has conducted an in-depth investigation into the operations of two nursing h[...]

President Trump Grants Pardon To Nursing Homes Owner Convicted In $39M Employment Tax Fraud Scheme

January 15, 2026

On November 14, 2025, President Trump granted clemency (full and unconditional pardon) to Joseph Schwartz, who had been sentenced to three years imprisonment and had served three months of the sentence. The Grand Jury Indictment stated, in part: Defendant JOSEPH SCHWARTZ (“SCHWARTZ”), an[...]

OIG Report: CMS’s Special Focus Facility Program for Nursing Homes Has Not Yielded Lasting Improvements

December 15, 2025

The Special Focus Facility (SFF) program is CMS’s program is intended to address quality problems at the nation’s poorest-performing nursing homes with track records of serious noncompliance. Assessing the effectiveness of the SFF program is critical to ensure that CMS provides support and accou[...]

Study: Nursing Home Physician Patient Volume Not Significant Factor For Postacute Care Outcomes

September 30, 2025

A study published on August 15, 2025 on JAMA Network Open entitled “Clinician Volume and Outcomes Among Patients Admitted to Nursing Homes for Postacute Care” found that nursing home physician or advanced practitioner panel size was not associated with higher rates of rehospitalization, [...]

Florida Appellate Court Reinstates Nursing Home Negligence Lawsuit That Trial Court Dismissed For Lack Of Detail

September 25, 2025

Cypress Care Center (“CCC”) is the nursing home where Linda Daughtry (“Decedent”) lived for much of March and April. Her estate later sued several defendants, alleging that they operated CCC as a high-census, high-acuity facility without providing commensurate staff. The Estate alleged that [...]

Study: Major Underreporting Of Fall And Pressure Ulcer Injuries In U.S. Nursing Homes

September 5, 2025

The results of a study that were published in 2023 that investigated the question, “To what extent are nursing home characteristics associated with reporting rates of major injury falls and pressure ulcers on the Nursing Home Care Compare (NHCC) website?” that involved 13, 179 nursing [...]

Study Finds Delays In Nursing Home Inspections Lead To Quality Decline

August 30, 2025

In a research article published in June 2025 entitled, “Do Inspection Delays Lead to Quality Decline? Evidence from U.S. Nursing Homes,” the researchers analyzed an 8-year panel dataset from 2016 to 2024 and found: “longer delays significantly increase health deficiency citations�[...]

Nonprofit And Affiliated Nursing Homes Agree To Pay $3.61M To Resolve False Claims Act Liability

August 2, 2025

American Health Foundation (AHF), its affiliate AHF Management Corporation, and three affiliated nursing homes — Cheltenham Nursing & Rehabilitation Center (Cheltenham), The Sanctuary at Wilmington Place (Wilmington Place), and Samaritan Care Center and Villa (Samaritan) — have agreed to pay[...]

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