Medicaid Cuts Threaten Nursing Home Funding Nationwide
Medicaid currently covers approximately two-thirds of all nursing home residents nationwide, yet facilities consistently report losing money on patients covered by the program....
Latest reports, citations, and penalties from CMS data
Medicaid currently covers approximately two-thirds of all nursing home residents nationwide, yet facilities consistently report losing money on patients covered by the program....
WEST DES MOINES, IA â Care Initiatives, Iowa's largest nursing home operator with 44 facilities statewide, is confronting its third whistleblower retaliation lawsuit in twelve months, according to court filings....
The legal action targets Daryl Hagler, Kenneth Rozenberg, and 31 associated individuals and entities connected to Hammonton Center for Rehabilitation and Healthcare and Deptford Center for Rehabilitation and Healthcare....
FAYETTE, MISSOURI â Three individuals lost their lives when flames consumed a residential care facility on Villers Drive early Tuesday morning, according to local fire officials....
BELO HORIZONTE, BRAZIL â The death toll from a catastrophic building collapse at a Brazilian nursing home reached 12 on March 7, as rescue workers located the final victim more than 24 hours after the structure fell, according to the Minas Gerais state fire department....
STATEN ISLAND, NY â A Staten Island nursing home has warned that inadequate Medicaid reimbursement rates may force the facility to close, joining a growing chorus of long-term care providers across New York facing financial crisis as state funding fails to cover the actual cost of resident care....
Resident #5 was discovered lying clothed in Resident #11's bed on July 8, according to a facility incident report....
## Critical Screening Requirements Overlooked PASARR represents a fundamental safeguard in the nursing home admission process....
CANFIELD, OH â The family of a Multiple Sclerosis patient who died in April 2025 has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Windsor House at Canfield, alleging nursing staff failed to provide basic care that resulted in fatal sepsis from infected pressure wounds....
The deficiency was one of 12 violations identified during the comprehensive federal review of the facility's operations and care standards....
The appointments never happened....
â A broad coalition of 93 national and state organizations has formally opposed the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' decision to repeal federal minimum staffing standards for nursing homes, joining attorneys general from 18 states and seven U.S....
Brier Oak on Sunset received an AA citation â the most severe designation issued when care violations substantially contribute to a patient's death â after the September 27 incident, as reported by LAist....
WASHINGTON â A congressional hearing on March 4, 2026 examined state-level nursing home policies during the COVID-19 pandemic that witnesses testified led to tens of thousands of preventable deaths among elderly Americans, according to the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic....
The resident had recently been hospitalized for surgery with psychiatric symptoms worsening afterward....
She first handed the liquid to one resident, then distributed the medication cups to residents R15 and R21....
Nursing home residents are among the most vulnerable populations when it comes to infectious disease....
Tatyana McClerkin, who worked as a paid in-home caregiver through Tennessee's Medicaid program, allegedly submitted falsified time records between March and August 2024, claiming compensation for hours she did not actually work, according to the TBI....
Inspectors classified the harm level as minimal harm or potential for actual harm....
WORCESTER, MA â A former administrator of a Worcester rest home has pleaded guilty to systematically stealing more than $220,000 from the facility and its vulnerable elderly residents over a nearly three-year period, according to the Massachusetts Attorney General's Office....