Webinar: The Expanding Role of Big Finance in Long-Term Care: What It Says About Profitability and Resident Well-Being
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Senior Care Policy Brief: Special Focus Failure
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November 17, 2025.
NEWSFLASH
- The Special Focus Facility (SFF) Program, […]
Senior Care Policy Brief: Oversight on Pause — Residents at Risk
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October 31, 2025.
NEWSFLASH
- Due to the ongoing federal government shutdown, […]
Senior Care Policy Brief: Genesis Healthcare’s Financial Collapse
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October 15, 2025.
NEWSFLASH
- Genesis Healthcare, which operates 175 skilled […]
Senior Care Policy Brief: The Truth About Falls
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September 30, 2025.
NEWSFLASH
- A new federal investigation by the […]
Senior Care Policy Brief: Who’s Protecting Residents?
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September 15, 2025.
NEWSFLASH
- The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services […]
Senior Care Policy Brief: Protecting Care, Not Profits
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September 2, 2025.
NEWSFLASH
- New York Attorney General James announced […]
Senior Care Policy Brief: Billions for Nursing Homes – Where’s the Oversight?
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August 15, 2025.
NEWSFLASH
Senior Care Policy Brief: Financial Games, Human Costs
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July 31, 2025.
NEWSFLASH
Senior Care Policy Brief: Big Bill, Big Cuts
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July 15, 2025.
NEWSFLASH
- In the largest health care fraud enforcement action […]
Senior Care Policy Brief: Care Compare Gets a Makeover
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June 30, 2025.
NEWSFLASH
Senior Care Policy Brief: Follow the Money
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June 16, 2025.
NEWSFLASH
Senior Care Policy Brief: 90% Miss the Mark
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May 30, 2025.
NEWSFLASH
- A recent investigation by The Guardian has […]
Senior Care Policy Brief: Dining on Dimes
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May 15, 2025.
NEWSFLASH
- A new report from the U.S. Government […]
Senior Care Policy Brief: Lawsuit Claims Years of Oversight Failures in Maryland
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April 30, 2025.
NEWSFLASH
Senior Care Policy Brief: Another Setback for Nursing Home Residents
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April 15, 2025.
NEWSFLASH
Senior Care Policy Brief: MedPAC’s 2025 Medicare Payment Recommendations
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March 31, 2025.
This issue of the Policy Brief focuses on the Medicare Payment […]
LTCCC Alert: 2024 Double G Citations: Significant Increase in Nursing Home Noncompliance and Penalties
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March 27, 2025 – Substandard care, abuse, and neglect are persistent and widespread problems in nursing homes, primarily due to inadequate enforcement of minimum safety standards. To help combat this, the federal Centers for Medicare & […]
Senior Care Policy Brief: Lasting Impacts of COVID-19 on Nursing Homes
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March 17, 2025.
NEWFLASH
- A new study published in JAMDA found […]
Senior Care Policy Brief: Investor Optimism Soars While Care Standards Lag
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February 28, 2025.
NEWFLASH
- A new report from JLL’s Seniors Housing and […]
Senior Care Policy Brief: Justice Department Targets Health Care Fraud
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February 14, 2025.
NEWSFLASH
- The Justice Department announced that […]
Senior Care Policy Brief: State Actions to Address Nursing Home Fraud & Abuse
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January 31, 2025.
Editor’s Note: Due to a production delay, there was no January 15 issue of the SCPB. […]
LTCCC Alert: For-Profit Nursing Homes Dominate Problem Facilities, New Data Show
January 16, 2025 – The Long Term Care Community Coalition (LTCCC) regularly publishes data on critical indicators of nursing home care, providing valuable insights into the quality, safety, and accountability of these facilities. Today, LTCCC is releasing new federal data on five-star ratings, ownership type, enforcement actions, and other critical information for the nearly 15,000 […]
Senior Care Policy Brief: Federal Audit Finds Some Nursing Homes Non-Compliant
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January 2, 2025.
LTC BY THE NUMBERS
Despite longstanding industry claims that nursing […]
Senior Care Policy Brief: Social Media Abuse
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December 16, 2024.
NEWSFLASH
- Centers Health Care has agreed to a $45 million […]
Senior Care Policy Brief: Manipulating the Reimbursement System
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December 4, 2024.
NEWSFLASH
- A new report by Hindenburg Research, “PACS Group: How […]
Senior Care Policy Brief: Undervalued and Underpaid
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November 15, 2024.
NEWSFLASH
- USA Today Network New York reported that a total of […]
Senior Care Policy Brief: Overbilling and Killing?
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October 31, 2024.
Overbilling and Killing? An Examination of the Skilled Nursing Industry […]
Senior Care Policy Brief: Resident Fees Go Up While Staffing Costs Go Down GallerySenior Care Policy Brief: Resident Fees Go Up While Staffing Costs Go Down
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Senior Care Policy Brief: Resident Fees Go Up While Staffing Costs Go Down
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October 15, 2024.
NEWSFLASH
- Twenty state attorneys general, led by Iowa’s Brenna Bird, […]
Senior Care Policy Brief: Residents Suffer, Investors Profit
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September 30, 2024.
NEWSFLASH
- Senators Elizabeth Warren, Richard Blumenthal, Bernie Sanders, and Representative Jan […]
Senior Care Policy Brief: Nursing Home Lawsuits: Putting Profits Over Resident Safety & Dignity
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September 17, 2024.
Putting Profits Over Resident Safety and Dignity
The Brief recently highlighted the […]
Senior Care Policy Briefing: Profit or Peril?
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September 4, 2024.
PROFIT OR PERIL? THE NURSING HOME INDUSTRY’S MIXED MESSAGES
- While many […]
Senior Care Policy Briefing: Razor-Thin Margins or Record Quarters?
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August 15, 2024.
NEWSFLASH
- On July 31, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid […]
Senior Care Policy Briefing: Grand Health Care Settles $21M Fraud Allegations
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July 31, 2024.
NEWSFLASH
- A new analysis by the University of Pennsylvania shows […]
Senior Care Policy Briefing: Big Chain, Big Profits
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July 15, 2024.
NEWSFLASH
- An operator of several unlicensed assisted living homes in Texas, […]
Senior Care Policy Briefing: False Claims and Kickbacks
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June 28, 2024.
NEWSFLASH
- A state Supreme Court judge recently upheld New York’s […]
LTCCC Alert: One in Four US Nursing Homes a “Problem Facility”
June 21, 2024 – The Long Term Care Community Coalition (LTCCC) regularly publishes data on key indicators relevant to nursing home care. Today, LTCCC is releasing a new report with federal data on five-star ratings, ownership type, enforcement, and other important information for the nearly 15,000 U.S. nursing homes in the federal CMS dataset. […]
Senior Care Policy Briefing: Special Issue: A Case Study on Nursing Home Promises vs. Reality
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June 17, 2024.
A CASE STUDY ON NURSING HOME PROMISES VS. REALITY
Many nursing homes […]
Senior Care Policy Briefing: Lawsuit Against Staffing Mandate Could Perpetuate Chronic Understaffing in Nursing Homes
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May 31, 2024.
NEWSFLASH
- A federal lawsuit filed by the American Health Care […]
Senior Care Policy Briefing: Industry Profits & Payouts Belie Claims of Low Margins
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May 15, 2024.
NEWSFLASH: INDUSTRY PROFITS & PAYOUTS BELIE CLAIMS OF LOW MARGINS, INABILITY TO […]
Senior Care Policy Briefing: CMS Finalizes Nursing Home Staffing Rule
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April 30, 2024.
NEWSFLASH
- On April 22, 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid […]
Senior Care Policy Briefing: Nationally High Death Rates
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April 15, 2024.
NEWSFLASH
- Brookdale Senior Living, the country’s largest senior living company, […]
Senior Care Policy Briefing: Diverting Public Funds for Personal Profit
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March 29, 2024.
NEWSFLASH
- An investigation of newly released government data reveals serious issues […]
Senior Care Policy Briefing: The Importance of Consistent Staffing
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March 15, 2024.
NEWSFLASH
- The US House Ways and Means Committee passed legislation […]
Senior Care Policy Briefing: Neglect Amidst Profit
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February 29, 2024.
NEWSFLASH
- A Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against a group […]
Senior Care Policy Briefing: Nursing Homes Admit Misdiagnosing Schizophrenia
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February 15, 2024.
NEWSFLASH
- Frontline workers, often Black or Hispanic, experienced high mortality rates […]
Senior Care Policy Briefing: Absence of Federal Standards for Assisted Living
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February 2, 2024.
NEWSFLASH
- The United States Senate Special Committee on Aging held a […]
Senior Care Policy Briefing: Abuse, Neglect, and Fraud
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January 19, 2024.
NEWSFLASH
Senior Care Policy Briefing: Profits Over Patients
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- President Biden calls for additional support for long-term care workers and family caregivers.
- Private equity firms continue to divert […]
22 of 2022: LTCCC’s Favorite Nursing Home Reports of the Year
2022 has been a pivotal year in long-term care and we at LTCCC are grateful for all those who have been writing and reporting about the important issues along the way.
That’s why we’re sharing 22 of our favorite articles of 2022 (plus, a few extras!). Below is a list of investigative stories, government reports, and […]
Forum: How Private Equity Makes Us Sicker
This forum, hosted by the Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP) – NY Metro Chapter, addresses the increasing role and implications of Wall Street investors – Private Equity – in the healthcare industry. The presenters (Rosemary Batt, Robert McNamara, and Richard Mollot) discuss decades of research that has demonstrated how Wall Street […]