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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. [...]

Delaware Court Rules PREP Act Did Not Preclude COVID-19 Death Claim Against Nursing Home

November 2, 2023

Under the PREP Act: “[A] covered person shall be immune from suit and liability under Federal and State law with respect to all claims for loss caused by, arising out of, relating to, or resulting from the administration to or the use by an individual of a covered countermeasure if a declarati[...]

Could Nursing Homes Meet Increased Staffing Requirements?

September 16, 2023

KFF (formerly known as The Kaiser Family Foundation) recently analyzed the percentage and characteristics of long-term care facilities (nursing homes) that would meet higher levels of nursing staff, if required under Medicare and Medicaid, and found “virtually all nursing facilities meet curre[...]

OIG Found CMS Dropping The Ball Regarding Nursing Home Surveys

May 24, 2023

OIG Found CMS Dropping The Ball Regarding Nursing Home Surveys: In its January 2022 report entitled “CMS Should Take Further Action To Address States With Poor Performance inConducting Nursing Home Surveys,” the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (&#[...]

Report Finds Nursing Home Administrator Hours Down 20% Since Pandemic

May 2, 2023

Nursing Home Administrator Hours Down 20% Since Pandemic: The Long Term Care Community Coalition (“LTCCC”) reported: “nursing home administrators are providing less time in their facilities compared to before the COVID-19 pandemic. According to payroll-based journal data, nursing h[...]

Florida’s Legislature Proposes To Reduce Nursing Home Care Requirements

February 15, 2022

CS/SB 804, which the Florida Senate Health Policy Committee voted 9-1 to approve on February 10, 2022, would amend multiple sections of the Florida Statutes to modify nursing home staffing requirements. The bill modifies the definition of “resident care plan” and defines the terms “direct care[...]

CMS Revised Its Nursing Home Compare Rating System In April 2019 – 37% Of Nursing Homes Lost One Or More Stars

May 12, 2019

In April 2019, the Centers For Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) made several changes to the Nursing Home Compare website and the Five-Star Quality Rating System, which affected all domains of the rating system. CMS published the changes in its “Design for Nursing Home Compare Five-Star [...]

New Federal Data Shows Nursing Homes Had Less Staffing Than They Self-Reported

August 11, 2018

The New York Times reported on July 7, 2018, “Most nursing homes had fewer nurses and caretaking staff than they had reported to the government for years, according to new federal data, bolstering the long-held suspicions of many families that staffing levels were often inadequate.” The [...]

Study: Improving Economy Associated With Rise In Nursing Home Deaths

April 16, 2012

A recently published research study by a well-respected nonpartisan research group operating under a grant from the Social Security Administration found that during improving economic times when lower-paid nursing home staff seek and obtain better paying jobs elsewhere, there are additional dea[...]

West Virginia Medical Malpractice Jury Places High Value On Life

December 22, 2011

An 87-year-old woman suffering from dementia and Parkinson’s disease died as a result of dehydration and renal failure in a West Virginia nursing home, allegedly due to medical malpractice at the negligent nursing home where she had been a patient for only 20 days. The medical malpractice l[...]

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