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State Staffing Mandates Face Fresh Scrutiny as New Study Draws Industry Pushback

By Mordy YMarch 9, 2026

Washington, District of Columbia — A new study arguing that state nursing home staffing mandates…

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A Pennsylvania Lawmaker Wants to Fix Crumbling Nursing Homes With a $100 Million Grant — and Medicaid Patients Would Come First

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Senior Care Providers Warn HHS: AI Adoption Is ‘Impossible’ Without Federal Infrastructure Support

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Executive Pay Still Rose in Long-Term Care — But 2025 Brought Another Cooldown

By Chaya SMarch 9, 20262 Mins Read

Lengthy State Sale Reviews Are Driving Some Nursing Home Buyers to Walk Away

By Sarah KMarch 9, 20263 Mins Read

Cost Tops the List When Families Choose Nursing Homes, New U.S. News Survey Finds

By Mordy YMarch 9, 20262 Mins Read

Nursing Homes Are Missing Out on $2 Billion in Medicare Savings — and the Industry Has a Plan to Fix It

By Sarah KMarch 7, 20263 Mins Read

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Want a Higher Five-Star Rating? Nursing Home Experts Say the Secret Is Swimming Upstream

By Sarah KMarch 4, 20264 Mins Read

Most nursing home operators know their Five-Star rating matters. Fewer know exactly why — or…

The Staffing Mandate Is Gone. The Nursing Shortage Isn’t — and One Association Has a Plan

By Mordy YMarch 2, 20263 Mins Read

When the federal nursing home staffing mandate was repealed late last year, some took it…

Nashville Is the Next Frontier for Skilled Nursing: What to Expect at the 2026 NIC Spring Conference

March 2, 2026

This Colorado Nursing Home Brought the Winter Olympics to Its Residents — and It Cost Less Than $100

March 1, 2026

Indiana-Based SNF Operator Journey Doubles in Size With 13 Georgia Acquisitions and a $20 Million Investment Plan

March 1, 2026

This SNF Chain Is Using Psychology Coaching to Cut Burnout and Keep Staff From Walking Out

February 27, 2026

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CMS Under Administrator Oz Is Now Pursuing Nearly Every OIG Referral — A Major Shift in Nursing Home Enforcement

March 7, 2026

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A Two-Year-Old Nursing Home Company Just Doubled Its Size — and Georgia Is Just the Beginning

March 7, 2026

Finance

Nursing Home Cost Growth Finally Cooled in 2025 — But a Semi-Private Room Still Runs Nearly $115,000 a Year

March 7, 2026

Policy

NLRB Rules Against New York Nursing Home That Called Police on Union Reps — Even With a GOP-Majority Board

March 6, 2026

Policy

CMS Is Reviewing Its Nursing Home Antipsychotic Policy — And the Industry Has Been Waiting 15 Years for This

March 6, 2026

Care

More CNAs, Fewer Falls — But 7 in 10 Nursing Homes Still Don’t Make the Cut, Study Finds

March 6, 2026

New Mexico Nursing Home to Pay $75,000 After Supervisor Told Workers They Were Too Old to Get New Jobs

Genesis Is Asking a Bankruptcy Court to Approve $10 Million in Bonuses for Executives and Staff — Amid Falling Occupancy and Mounting Creditor Concerns

A Tennessee Bill Could Strip 18,000 Nursing Home Residents of Their Pharmacy Access — And CVS Is Sounding the Alarm

PACS Group Caps a Record-Breaking 2025 With $5.3 Billion in Revenue — and It’s Just Getting Started

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

By Chaya SMarch 6, 20263 Mins Read

Jury Awards $110M After 100-Year-Old Alzheimer’s Resident Freezes Outside Locked Care Facility

By Mordy YMarch 5, 20262 Mins Read

Nursing Home Groups Call Staffing Mandate Study ‘Biased’ — and Say the Real Costs Haven’t Been Counted

By Mordy YMarch 5, 20263 Mins Read

New York City Is Getting Its First-Ever CCRC — and the $632.9 Million Bond Deal Behind It Just Set a Record

By Ahuva SMarch 5, 20263 Mins Read

Union Organizing Doesn’t Hurt Resident Care, Major New Study Finds

By Chaya SMarch 4, 20262 Mins Read

Nursing Homes Get a Brief Reprieve on Managed Care Taxes — But Millions in Medicaid Funding Are Still Walking Out the Door

By Mordy YMarch 4, 20264 Mins Read

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