Congressional Panels Examine Effects Of Private Equity Owne


A number of witnesses at hearings of the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Health and the Senate Special Committee on Aging on Thursday testified that the growing trend of private equity firms purchasing nursing home chains is lowering quality and making it more difficult for state and federal regulators to hold the firms accountable for substandard care, CQ HealthBeat reports. [click link ...

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