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OIG: Nursing Homes Failed To Report 43% Of Falls With Major Injury And Hospitalization Among Their Medicare-Enrolled Residents

November 1, 2025

Falls among older adults, including nursing home residents, are common, costly, and often preventable. According to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), approximately half of nursing home residents experience a fall in any given year, resulting in serious injuries and decreased qua[...]

Texas Federal Judge Rules People With Disabilities Are Illegally Being Kept In Nursing Homes

August 8, 2025

A federal judge in Texas stated in his 475-page Findings of Facts and Conclusions of Law filed on June 19, 2025: “Integration is fundamental to the purposes of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Provision of segregated accommodations and services relegates persons with disabilities to second[...]

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 [...]

More Than 25% Of Nursing Homes Spend Less Than $10 Per Day Per Resident On Food

June 29, 2025

According to a recent report of an analysis of U.S. nursing homes that involved reviewing thousands of federal cost reports filed with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS): There are no federal or state regulations on spending for food by nursing homes: half of all nursing homes in the United[...]

$35.8M Awarded In Back Wages After Investigation Found Nursing Homes Wage Theft

October 2, 2024

The U. S. Department of Labor announced on July 30, 2024 that a Pennsylvania federal court has awarded $35.8 million in overtime back wages and liquidated damages to 6,000 current and former workers employed by the operators of 15 residential skilled nursing, rehabilitation and assisted living facil[...]

Elder Abuse In The United States (Including Nursing Home Abuse)

June 1, 2024

A report issued in March 2024 by SeniorLiving.org entitled “Elder Abuse Statistics for 2024” stated: “Reports from nursing home workers indicate that two in three caregivers committed abuse within a one-year period (elder abuse is defined by the National Center on Elder Abuse as a[...]

New Jersey Appellate Court Discusses Need For Affidavit Of Merit In Vicarious Liability Claim Against Nursing Home

February 27, 2024

Background Facts Plaintiff, as administratrix ad prosequendum for the estate of decedent, sued a nursing facility and a hospital alleging negligent care that resulted in pressure wounds and, ultimately, decedent’s physical decline and death. Plaintiff asserted direct claims of administrat[...]

North Carolina Nursing Home Resident Ate A Mouse

December 4, 2021

A U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Statement of Deficiencies report for Accordius Health at Salisbury (North Caroline) generated as a result of a survey done at the facility on September 3, 2021 stated, in part: “Nurse #1 stated on the eve[...]

Federal Appellate Court Rules There Is A Private Right Of Action Under FNHRA

August 24, 2021

The United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (“Federal Appeals Courts”) held in its opinion dated July 27, 2021 that the Federal Nursing Home Reform Act (FNHRA), 42 U.S.C. § 1396r et seq., provides a private right of action that may be redressed under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Fe[...]

U.S. Department Of Justice Announces National Nursing Home Initiative

June 7, 2020

The U.S. Department of Justice announced on March 3, 2020 the launch of the Department of Justice’s National Nursing Home Initiative, which will coordinate and enhance civil and criminal efforts to pursue nursing homes that provide grossly substandard care to their residents, focusing on some of t[...]

Man Convicted Of 2010 Rape At Maryland Nursing Home

March 21, 2019

After a four-day trial during March 2019, a criminal jury convicted a Maryland man of first-degree rape, armed robbery, and a weapons charge related to an incident that occurred at a Maryland nursung home on December 6, 2010. The man was identfied when his DNA in a databank was matched to evidence o[...]

CMS Responds To Study Critical Of Association Between Nursing Home Compare And Nursing Home Safety

February 15, 2019

A study published in the November 2018 edition of Health Affairs looked at the association between performance on a set of patient safety measures and star ratings of nursing homes on CMS’ Nursing Home Compare (NHC). The authors concluded: “Although Nursing Home Compare captures some asp[...]

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