Skilled Care Journal: Nursing Home News & Latest Updates

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ACO REACH Saved $706M and Cut Nursing Home Hospitalizations. So Why Did Net Spending Climb?

By Mordy YJuly 26, 2026

The Accountable Care Organization Realizing Equity, Access and Community Health model — better known as…

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HHS Just Deferred $1 Billion in Medicaid Payments to California and Minnesota. Here’s What It Means for Nursing Homes.

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Florida Nursing Homes Just Asked DHS to Save 35,000 Haitian Workers From Deportation

Finance

CMS Finalizes 2.4% Payment Increase for Nursing Homes in 2027

By Ahuva SJuly 31, 20262 Mins Read

Skilled Nursing Margins Rebound in 2025, But Industry Faces New Financial Headwinds

By Ahuva SJuly 31, 20262 Mins Read

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

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AI Adoption in Nursing Homes Lags Other Healthcare Settings, But Investment Accelerates

By Chaya SJuly 31, 20262 Mins Read

Artificial intelligence adoption in nursing homes remains significantly behind other healthcare settings, with only 4.5%…

Congress Wants to Finally Give Nursing Homes a Shot at Federal EHR Money

By Sarah KJuly 29, 20262 Mins Read

Washington, District of Columbia — Nursing homes and home health agencies could finally get a…

Why Nurse Practitioners Are Becoming the Front Line Inside Nursing Homes

July 27, 2026

Silicon Valley Built AI That Could Talk. One Startup Built AI That Actually Works.

July 27, 2026

The ‘Shadow Workforce’ Is Changing How Nursing Homes Fill Shifts. One Operator Says 30% Stay.

July 25, 2026

Avamere Is Exiting Skilled Nursing. 22 of Its Facilities Are Going to This Operator.

July 22, 2026

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Care

Nursing Homes Rely on Shadow Workforce to Stabilize Staffing

July 31, 2026

Policy

Senate Democrats Revive Push for Federal Nursing Home Staffing Standards

July 31, 2026

Local

Ohio Nursing Homes See Success With Performance-Based Quality Incentive Program

July 31, 2026

Care

Nursing Home Quality Metrics Improve as ER Visits Drop 3.8%, Report Finds

July 31, 2026

Policy

HHS Repeals Federal Nursing Home Staffing Mandate, Ending Years-Long Regulatory Battle

July 31, 2026

Policy

California Just Hammered a Nursing Home Chain With a $15M Fine for Chronic Understaffing

July 31, 2026

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