A recent NPR report highlights a growing crisis in nursing home oversight across many states. In Kansas, for example, more than half of the positions for nursing home inspectors remain unfilled, leaving serious complaints to languish for months without investigation. One tragic case involved a 94-year-old resident who was left on the floor for 90
WLTX reported the closure of Southwinds Assisted Living facility located in Kerman, South Carolina. The facility has been permanently shut down by the SC Department of Public Health after multiple inspections found violations. Between February 2024 and July 2025, Southwinds failed three separate inspections. A fourth inspection was the only inspection that the facility was able
The Office of State Comptroller Medicaid Fraud division settled with three New Jersey nursing homes to pay Medicaid $2.1 million after reviews revealed serious understaffing in violation of legal requirements. The OSC’s Medicaid Fraud Division found that all three New Jersey nursing homes, Barnegat Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, Belle Care Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, and
The Trump Administration announced plans to close six of its ten regional Dept of Health and Human Services offices which will cut services and efficiency for citizens. Critics argue that these closures risk weakening oversight and delaying responses to violations, particularly in vulnerable communities. These offices, located in Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, Dallas, and
The nursing home industry is complaining about new facility assessment requirements from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (CMS) that aim to guide safe staffing decisions. However, CMS provided Critical Element Pathways to all facilities to make it easy to implement the new rules. CMS updated the existing requirements by expanding guidance on data-driven and evidence-based metrics
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