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New Jersey Lawsuit Alleges Nursing Home’s Understaffing And Negligent Care Led To Resident’s Death

October 12, 2026

According to a lawsuit filed against a New Jersey nursing home, a 76-year-old resident died from sepsis in July 2025 due to the nursing home’s negligent care and understaffing. According to the lawsuit filed against Livingston Post Acute Care, resident Margarita Williams, whose health issues [...]

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[...]

Study: Nursing Home Staffing Mandates Did Not Result In Financial Losses Or Facility Closures

April 26, 2026

A study published on March 3, 2026 in the journal Health Affairs that analyzed longitudinal data from the period 2010–23 on 6,849 nursing homes operating across twenty-two U.S. states estimated the effects of state minimum staffing mandates on staffing levels, financial health, and closures. [...]

Nursing Home Capacity Has Dropped Twice As Fast Since The Pandemic

March 8, 2026

The number of licensed skilled nursing facility (SNF – nursing home) beds declined by 2.5% from 2019 to 2024, while operating capacity declined by 5.0% over the same time period. A recently published study found that the estimated operating capacity based on maximum census counts declined 5% b[...]

ProMedica Health System, Inc. Sued By U.S. For Providing Grossly Substandard Nursing Home Services

December 3, 2025

The United States has intervened and filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania under the False Claims Act (FCA) against ProMedica Health System, Inc. (ProMedica) and various affiliated entities including HCR ManorCare Inc. and four nursing homes located in[...]

$12 Million Settlement And Reforms At Syracuse Nursing Home Intended To Stop Resident Neglect And Financial Fraud

October 15, 2025

On August 25, 2025, the New York Attorney General announced that Van Duyn Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing in Syracuse, New York, and its owners and operators will pay a total of $12 million, including $10 million to directly fund improved resident care and staffing, after an investigation alle[...]

Nursing Home Operator Genesis Healthcare, Inc. Files For Bankruptcy

September 8, 2025

On July 9, 2025, Genesis Healthcare, Inc. (“Genesis”), which operates 218 nursing homes across 19 U.S. states, filed for Chapter 11 voluntary bankruptcy in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Texas, listing 298 affiliates including holding companies, ancillary[...]

Nursing Home Chain Agrees To Pay $6M To Settle False Cost Reports Allegations

August 23, 2025

According to the June 17, 2025 Settlement Agreement (Agreement) reached between the United States of America and the Centers for Care LLC, d/b/a Centers Healthcare (Centers) along with 44 skilled nursing facilities: Centers is a limited liability company organized under New York law. Centers is rela[...]

The Guardian Reports That UnitedHealth Group Paid Nursing Homes To Reduce Hospital Transfers

July 24, 2025

In an article appearing in The Guardian on May 21, 2025 entitled, “Revealed: UnitedHealth secretly paid nursing homes to reduce hospital transfers,” The Guardian stated: UnitedHealth Group, the nation’s largest healthcare conglomerate, has secretly paid nursing homes thousands in [...]

Delirium Still A Problem In Nursing Homes

May 8, 2025

A study published on March 17, 2025 in JAMA Network Open entitled “Persistence of Delirium in Postacute Care at Skilled Nursing Facilities” stated, in part: “Annually, more than 2 million Medicare beneficiaries are discharged from acute care hospitals to skilled nursing facilities [...]

Unlawful Nursing Home Debt Collection Practices

February 14, 2025

In 1987, Congress passed the federal Nursing Home Reform Act (NHRA) in response to public attention and a study from the Institute of Medicine. Among other things, the NHRA bans third-party financial guarantees as a condition of a resident’s admission or continued stay in a nursing home. Specifica[...]

Study: People With Dementia More Likely To Be Admitted To Low-Quality Nursing Homes

January 10, 2025

A research article first published on October 29, 2024 entitled “Impact of skilled nursing facility quality on Medicare beneficiaries with dementia: Evidence from vacancies” concluded: “People living with dementia are less likely to be admitted to high-rated nursing homes than peop[...]

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