KFF reported on deficiencies in nursing homes. As concerns nursing home quality of care way heavily on the millions of Americans with a loved one in a nursing home, the Kaiser Family Foundation took a look at the nursing home inspection process. The nursing home survey and certification process is a federal-state partnership designed to ensure that
WLIW reported a landmark $45 million settlement reached in 2024 between Centers Health Care and New York Attorney General Letitia James was designed to limit abuse and neglect at nursing homes. Unfortunately, this goal has not been met in the slightest, as levels of care have continued to fall throughout the New York chain. New
On June 27, 2026, a CNA at Newton Village Health Care Center in Iowa fed a woman eggs, sausage, and hashbrowns. The resident, however, required pureed food, as her dysphagia made swallowing difficult and put her at risk for choking. See article here. The resident realized she was being given unpureed food, and she told
American Health Partners has agreed to pay more than $2 million to the federal government and the state of Tennessee. The settlement stems from AHP’s violations of the False Claims Act, as the company billed Medicare and TennCare for grossly substandard nursing home services at Lewis County Nursing and Rehabilitation, LLC, from 2019 and 2024.
The Ohio Court of Appeals, Eighth Appellate District, affirmed a trial court ruling on May 14, 2026, finding that King David Post Acute Nursing & Rehabilitation waived its right to push a former employee’s discrimination case into arbitration. The reasoning was simple—the nursing home waited too long. The case arose from employee Ilona Yormick’s termination