The Iowa Capital Dispatch reported that bankrupt nursing home chain QHC Facilities owes taxpayers $6 million in unpaid fines and fees for abuse-and-neglect violations. QHC Facilities owns eight nursing homes and two assisted living facilities in Iowa. Regulators cited QHC for at least 184 regulatory violations in the past 20 months. Court records show the chain owes

Weill Cornell Medical College researchers analyzed ownership and clinical indicators. Researchers found nursing homes owned and operated by private equity firms are more likely to cause residents to visit ambulatory care-sensitive emergency department visits (i.e. traumatic falls) and hospitalizations. The researchers wrote in JAMA Health Forum wrote: “This cohort study suggests that [private equity] firm–owned