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Ohio Nursing Homes Are Dumping Medically Fragile Residents at Homeless Shelters — and Federal Inspectors Have the Receipts

By Mordy YApril 13, 2026

Columbus, Ohio — She arrived at the homeless shelter on a walker, incontinent, carrying a…

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Trump’s Budget Wants to Spend More on Nursing Home Inspections — Even as It Cuts Nearly Everything Else

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Trump Administration Resets the Clock on Minnesota’s Nursing Home Wage Floor — Workers Are Still Waiting

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Skilled Nursing Deal Activity Surged 36% in Q1 2026 — Even as the Economy Sent Mixed Signals

By Ahuva SApril 14, 20263 Mins Read

Researchers Just Built the First Tool to Compare Medicaid Nursing Home Rates Across All 50 States — and It Uses Public Data

By Sarah KApril 10, 20263 Mins Read

Nursing Home Costs Are Wiping Out Middle-Class Families — and a New Study Shows the Damage Runs Deeper Than Anyone Realized

By Mordy YApril 9, 20264 Mins Read

Indiana’s 496 Nursing Homes Haven’t Been Paid Since December — And CMS Is the Reason Why

By Sarah KApril 8, 20263 Mins Read

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Nursing Homes Are Finally Staffing Up — Then States Start Fining Them for Not Staffing Up Fast Enough

By Chaya SApril 9, 20263 Mins Read

New York, New York — For the first time in years, skilled nursing operators say…

Nursing Homes Are Shifting Their Tech Budgets — and It’s Not What You’d Expect

By Mordy YApril 6, 20263 Mins Read

Nashville, Tennessee — Nursing home operators across the country are rethinking how they spend on…

What the Best Nursing Home Operators Know That Most Don’t — Four Executives Reveal Their Playbook

April 4, 2026

A South Carolina Nursing Home Refused to Hire a Woman Because She Was in a Union. Three Years Later, the NLRB Is Making Them Pay.

April 4, 2026

Unions and Public Employment Cut Nursing Home Worker Turnover Significantly, New Study Finds

April 3, 2026

The Junk Food Is Coming Off the Menu — and Nursing Home Kitchens Are Next

April 3, 2026

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Catholic Nuns Who Care for Dying Cancer Patients Are Suing New York Over Its Transgender Nursing Home Law

April 11, 2026

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Nursing Homes Are Sending Residents Into Homelessness — and Nobody’s Talking About It

April 11, 2026

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Dr. Oz Used Numbers That Were Off by 10x to Justify a Medicaid Fraud Probe. CMS Just Admitted It.

April 10, 2026

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Medicaid Work Rules Are Coming — and States Warn They Don’t Have Enough Staff to Enforce Them

April 10, 2026

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Medicare Advantage Is Sending Sicker Patients to Nursing Homes — Then Cutting Their Stay Short

April 9, 2026

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CMS Just Issued Guidance That Will Strip Medicaid From Thousands of Immigrants — Nursing Homes Have Until October to Figure It Out

April 9, 2026

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

Trump’s Budget Would Gut the Federal Programs That Train Nurses — and Nursing Homes Are Already Short-Staffed

Medicare Advantage Is Shortening Nursing Home Stays — and Sicker Patients Are Paying the Price

The VA Is Closing a California Veterans Nursing Home. The 27 Residents There Found Out Last Week.

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Nursing Homes Have Until May 17 to Apply for CMS’s New 10-Year Care Model — and Experts Say Don’t Wait

By Ahuva SApril 9, 20263 Mins Read

Rural Nursing Homes Got Left Out of the $50 Billion Federal Rural Health Program — and the Clock Is Already Running

By Mordy YApril 8, 20263 Mins Read

Even in a Shaky Economy, CareTrust REIT Just Deployed $119 Million Into Skilled Nursing — and It’s Not Done Yet

By Chaya SApril 8, 20263 Mins Read

CMS Wants Nursing Homes to Report Data on Every Resident — Not Just Medicare Patients — and the Paperwork Burden Is Expected to Hit Seven Figures

By Ahuva SApril 7, 20263 Mins Read

States Are Already Cutting Medicaid Before the Big Cuts Even Hit — and Nursing Homes Are First in Line

By Mordy YApril 7, 20263 Mins Read

Colorado Is Staring Down a $1.5 Billion Budget Hole — and Nursing Home Residents May Pay the Price

By Chaya SApril 6, 20263 Mins Read

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