New Article: Private Equity and Nursing Homes

In “Private Equity and Nursing Home Care: What Policies Can Be Adopted to Address the Growing Problems,” published in The Gerontological Society of America’s Public Policy & Aging Report, Charlene Harrington and Center for Medicare Advocacy attorney Toby S. Edelman explore the negative effects of private equity and other private owners on nursing home staffing levels and quality. The article proposes a range of policy options to address nursing home quality, staffing, and costs, including requiring greater transparency of ownership and financial information, auditing nursing home costs reports, requiring consolidated cost reports for nursing home companies, enforcing Medicare and Medicaid regulations for poor quality and fraud, and regulating nursing homes like a public utility.

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