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Senior Care Policy Brief
The latest long-term care policy updates, news reports, and research — in one short read.
2026 · 18 issues
- Oct 5The PACS Nursing Home Chain: Is Care Keeping Pace With Profits?
- Sep 18Standards Without Enforcement
- Aug 31What Are We Paying For?
- Aug 17Senior Housing Delivers for Investors
- Jul 31CMS Scales Back Resident Protections
- Jul 15NY State Proposes Cuts to CNA Training
- Jun 29Nursing Homes Want Tougher Enforcement – But Not for Themselves
- Jun 12Growth, Profits, and Resident Harm
- Jun 1Profits Up, Questions Remain
- May 15Underreported, Understaffed, Underprepared
- Apr 30Unsafe Staffing, Unsafe Care
- Apr 15A System Designed to Hide the Problem
- Mar 31The Illusion of Five-Star Care
- Mar 16Troubled Nursing Home Chain Announces Record Profits
- Mar 2Capital Flows Surge Across LTC Sector
- Feb 10Industry Influence
- Jan 29Burnout on the Front Lines
- Jan 15Boom Times for Investors
2025 · 24 issues
- Dec 30CMS Tightens Audits as Errors Persist
- Dec 15Bankruptcy as a Business Strategy
- Dec 1The Business of Broken Care
- Nov 17Special Focus Failure
- Oct 30Oversight on Pause — Residents at Risk
- Oct 14Genesis Healthcare’s Financial Collapse
- Sep 30The Truth About Falls
- Sep 15Who’s Protecting Residents?
- Sep 2Protecting Care, Not Profits
- Aug 15Billions for Nursing Homes – Where’s the Oversight?
- Jul 31Financial Games, Human Costs
- Jul 15Big Bill, Big Cuts
- Jun 30Care Compare Gets a Makeover
- Jun 16Follow the Money
- May 3090% Miss the Mark
- May 15Dining on Dimes
- Apr 30Lawsuit Claims Years of Oversight Failures in Maryland
- Apr 15Another Setback for Nursing Home Residents
- Mar 31MedPAC’s 2025 Medicare Payment Recommendations
- Mar 17Lasting Impacts of COVID-19 on Nursing Homes
- Feb 28Investor Optimism Soars While Care Standards Lag
- Feb 14Justice Department Targets Health Care Fraud
- Jan 31State Actions to Address Nursing Home Fraud & Abuse
- Jan 2Federal Audit Finds Some Nursing Homes Non-Compliant
2024 · 23 issues
- Dec 16Social Media Abuse
- Dec 4Manipulating the Reimbursement System
- Nov 15Undervalued and Underpaid
- Oct 31Overbilling and Killing?
- Oct 15Resident Fees Go Up While Staffing Costs Go Down
- Sep 30Residents Suffer, Investors Profit
- Sep 17Nursing Home Lawsuits: Putting Profits Over Resident Safety & Dignity
- Sep 4Profit or Peril?
- Aug 15Razor-Thin Margins or Record Quarters?
- Jul 30Grand Health Care Settles $21M Fraud Allegations
- Jul 15Big Chain, Big Profits
- Jun 28False Claims and Kickbacks
- Jun 17Special Issue: A Case Study on Nursing Home Promises vs. Reality
- May 31Lawsuit Against Staffing Mandate Could Perpetuate Chronic Understaffing in Nursing Homes
- May 15Industry Profits & Payouts Belie Claims of Low Margins
- Apr 30CMS Finalizes Nursing Home Staffing Rule
- Apr 15Nationally High Death Rates
- Mar 29Diverting Public Funds for Personal Profit
- Mar 14The Importance of Consistent Staffing
- Feb 29Neglect Amidst Profit
- Feb 15Nursing Homes Admit Misdiagnosing Schizophrenia
- Feb 2Absence of Federal Standards for Assisted Living
- Jan 19Abuse, Neglect, and Fraud
2023 · 20 issues
- Dec 22Substantial Hidden Profits
- Dec 19Transparency Is Not a Substitute for Accountability
- Nov 30Negligence Unchecked
- Nov 15Crying Wolf or Wolves of Wall Street?
- Oct 30Plenty of $$ For Safe Staffing
- Oct 12About a Dollar a Day
- Sep 22D+ for Quality of Care
- Sep 7Wholly Inadequate Proposal
- Aug 25Rosy Revenues for Operators
- Aug 3Consumer Costs Up, Quality Down
- Jul 25Nursing Homes Are Not Warehouses
- Jul 13Misuse of Taxpayer Funds Leads to Resident Neglect
- Jun 22Alarming Discrimination Trends
- Jun 8Nurses at Their Breaking Point
- May 19Americans Want Safe Staffing
- May 4Profits Over Patients
- Apr 21Assisted Living Facilities Evicting Medicaid Residents
- Apr 7Concerning Patterns in Hospice Care
- Mar 10‘Another Record Quarter…’
- Jan 20New Year, New Newsletter
2022 · 4 issues
2021 · 4 issues
2020 · 4 issues
2019 · 4 issues
2018 · 4 issues
2017 · 4 issues
2016 · 3 issues
2015 · 3 issues
2014 · 4 issues
2013 · 4 issues
2012 · 4 issues
2011 · 4 issues
2010 · 4 issues
2009 · 4 issues
2008 · 4 issues
The LTCCC Senior Care Policy Briefing is the work of LTCCC. It does not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of Health, nor has the Department verified the accuracy of its content.