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Opinion: Without federal oversight, nursing homes will put profit ahead of care

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The horrific reports of more than 200,000 deaths of nursing home residents and staff during the Covid-19 pandemic put the nursing home industry under intense national scrutiny. But not all nursing homes experienced this level of tragedy and loss.

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STAT+: Nursing homes sue over Biden administration’s minimum staffing rule

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A new federal lawsuit challenging the Biden administration’s new minimum nursing home staffing rule lays out the worst-case scenario: Hundreds of long-term care facilities forced to downsize or close, tens of thousands of vulnerable seniors displaced, and countless others waiting longer for care.

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STAT+: Nursing home owners can hide nearly two-thirds of their profits, new study shows

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A new study shows that some nursing homes are shunting the majority of their profits off of their own books and into less-visible corners of their owners’ pockets. Nursing homes are hiding their profits by funneling them to “related parties” — companies that share the same owner.

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Opinion: Pandemic lessons must spur federal action to protect nursing home residents

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About one-third of Americans who reach age 65 will need nursing home care in their lifetimes — which can be a daunting thought if you recall the suffering of residents as the Covid-19 pandemic exposed long-standing problems in nursing homes.

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U.S. plans crackdown on nursing homes that sedate patients with unnecessary antipsychotics

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal government says it will begin a targeted crackdown on nursing homes’ abuse of antipsychotic drugs and misdiagnoses of schizophrenia in patients.

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Opinion: Private equity: health care’s vampire

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Private equity firms are sucking the resources out of America’s hospitals and nursing homes, and feeding on doctors to generate profits. Read the rest…

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STAT+: As pharmaceutical companies bemoan Medicare’s drug negotiations, hospitals and doctors stay mum

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The American Health Care Association, which lobbies on behalf of nursing homes, did not comment on the list of 10 drugs or Medicare’s negotiating power. The Federation of American Hospitals offered no statement.

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