Newsweek’s Nursing Home Rankings for 2025: Certain States Pull Ahead Depending on Facility Size

Newsweek released its list of top nursing homes for 2025 on Wednesday, ranking facilities within each state according to number of beds. Newsweek recognized 1,050 nursing homes across 25 states with the highest number of facilities, using data published by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) in partnership with the global research firm […]

Building off Its Annual Nursing Home List, Newsweek Unveils CCRC Rankings

As patient preference continues to shift away from nursing homes, public attention is increasingly on alternate modes of skilled nursing care as well, including continuing care retirement communities (CCRCs). Newsweek, for one, came out with a ranking of such communities in partnership with global market and consumer data firm Statista. The companies expect rankings to […]

CMS Finds Deepening Backlog in Nursing Home Inspections – 4,500-Plus Facilities Are Overdue

As the nursing home industry continues to recover from the last several years of the pandemic, annual inspections have fallen by the wayside. According to federal data from mid-February, about 4,500 of the nation’s 15,000 nursing homes were overdue for an inspection. More than 1,500 of those facilities were last inspected before the public health […]

Verma Calls for Outcomes-Based Nursing Home Reform: Despite Aid, ‘Far Too Many Residents’ Have Died

The U.S. regulatory process for skilled nursing facilities needs to be overhauled to focus on outcomes, Seema Verma, the outgoing administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), argued in an opinion piece published January 8. “Despite nursing homes receiving infection control guidance, government-funded testing, training, supplies, staffing, and over $7 billion in […]