Maryland weighs reform for long-term care facilities, where covid-19 has killed 3,500
Rebecca Tan and Rachel Chason, The Washington Post
Feb. 26, 2021
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The Peak Healthcare facility at Sligo Creek in Takoma Park, Md., which the private investment firm Portopiccolo Group bought from Genesis HealthCare in May. It is shown Nov. 29, 2020.Washington Post photo by Jonathan Newton
Maryland lawmakers are considering a bill that would mandate state inspections after out-of-state owners purchase nursing homes, where the devastation of the coronavirus pandemic has exposed lapses in infection control, patient care and oversight.
Lawmakers said they decided to introduce the measure following a report in The Washington Post about Portopiccolo, a New Jersey-based investment home that acquired at least 20 nursing homes across the country even as the pandemic raged through its other facilities.
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