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CMS Just Overhauled Nursing Home Inspections. Only 12% of Facilities Will Get the Fast Pass.

By Ahuva SJuly 18, 2026

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is rolling out a major overhaul of how…

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CMS Just Admitted It Accidentally Cut Nursing Home Doctor Payments by 12%. Now It Is Racing to Fix It.

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Feds Just Charged an Illinois Nursing Home Owner in a $64M Medicare Fraud Scheme. Prosecutors Say He Pocketed $1.1M.

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Ohio Lawmakers Just Approved $875 Million for Nursing Homes — With a Catch That Bars Future Lawsuits

By Sarah KJune 13, 20263 Mins Read

Plaintiffs Are Now Going After Nursing Home Investors — and Juries Are Awarding Verdicts in the Hundreds of Millions

By Sarah KJune 1, 20263 Mins Read

A $500 Million Maryland Nursing Home Deal Is Quietly Changing Hands — 18 CommuniCare Properties Are Going to a Florida-and-Texas Buyer

By Mordy YMay 30, 20263 Mins Read

Nursing Home Occupancy Just Hit Its Highest Level Since 2016 — But New Construction Is Still Stuck Near Record Lows

By Sarah KMay 28, 20263 Mins Read

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Saber Healthcare Just Swallowed 27 Nursing Homes in 30 Days — And It’s Now the 5th Largest Chain in America

By Mordy YJuly 7, 20263 Mins Read

Beachwood, Ohio — Saber Healthcare Group has finalized one of the biggest single expansions in…

Genesis Healthcare’s ‘Pod Model’ Just Cut Agency Staffing by 40% — and Now It’s Growing Its Own Nursing Leaders

By Ahuva SJuly 4, 20263 Mins Read

Kennebunk, Maine — After emerging from a high-profile bankruptcy, Genesis Healthcare isn’t just trying to…

11 Wrongful Death Lawsuits, $648K in Fines, and a Zoo Trip Gone Wrong: Inside Ohio’s Troubled Arbors Nursing Home Chain

June 28, 2026

A Burlington Nursing Home Is Heading to Trial for Allegedly Letting Residents Harass Black Staff for Months

June 16, 2026

Hospitals Are Quietly Embedding Doctors Inside Nursing Homes — and the Readmission Numbers Are Hard to Ignore

June 15, 2026

Pennsylvania Nursing Home Union Hits the Panic Button on Its Own Health Plan, Tells Workers to Brace for August Cost Hikes

June 2, 2026

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Indiana Just Pulled the Plug on Managed Medicaid for Nursing Homes After Burning Through $91M — And 6 Other States Are Watching

July 1, 2026

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A Federal Watchdog Just Caught Medicare Advantage Plans Denying Nursing Home Care — Then Reversing 95% of Those Decisions on Appeal

June 29, 2026

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Supreme Court Just Cleared the Way to Deport 350,000 Nursing Home Workers. Here’s What Happens Next.

June 27, 2026

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The Medicare Trust Fund Just Got a New Expiration Date — and Nursing Homes Could Feel the Squeeze

June 25, 2026

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Connecticut Nursing Homes Saw a Sudden Surge in the State’s Most Severe Safety Citations — Just as Lawmakers Tightened Ownership Oversight

June 9, 2026

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Three Senators Just Told CMS to Restart the Nursing Home Ownership Crackdown It Quietly Shelved

June 7, 2026

If I Ever Need a Nursing Home, Please Make It Valley West

Nursing Home Cost Growth Cools in 2025 — But Annual Prices Still Near $115K

Long-Term Care Exec Pay Keeps Rising — But the Era of Big Raises Is Over

CLA’s 2025 SNF Trends: Occupancy at 83.3%, Margin 1.8% as Medicaid, MA Shape the Future

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CMS Just Cleared 637 More Surgeries for Outpatient. Nursing Homes Fear It’ll Starve Them of Medicare Patients.

By Chaya SJuly 11, 20262 Mins Read

Colorado’s Nursing Homes Are Bleeding Staff and Money. The State Just Cut Medicaid — and Now It Wants Tougher Staffing Rules.

By Sarah KJuly 10, 20263 Mins Read

A Federal Court Just Upheld $15 Million in Restitution Against Two Pennsylvania Nursing Homes That Faked Staffing Records

By Ahuva SJuly 9, 20262 Mins Read

Trump’s DOJ Just Issued a Memo That Could Push More People Into Nursing Homes — Here’s What Changed

By Ahuva SJune 24, 20263 Mins Read

A Federal Watchdog Just Caught Medicare Advantage Plans Reversing 95% of Their Own Nursing Home Denials — and UnitedHealth’s Algorithm Sits at the Center of It

By Ahuva SJune 12, 20263 Mins Read

States Are Starting to Crack Down on Private Equity in Nursing Homes — Connecticut Just Drew a New Line

By Mordy YJune 10, 20263 Mins Read

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