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The Long Term Care Community Coalition issued a new policy brief with focused recommendations for addressing the longstanding gaps in nursing home quality assurance and accountability that have harmed vulnerable residents and devastated families across the United States. The brief focuses on steps that Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) can take to improve nursing home resident safety, dignity, & financial integrity. It highlights six policy issues that, if unaddressed, will inflict further harm on nursing home residents while burdening taxpayers with shouldering the costs of substandard or worthless services. These fundamental policy issues are: Pervasive and Longstanding Inadequate Staffing; Inadequate Enforcement of Minimum Standards of Care; Insufficient Transparency on Nursing Home Quality and Safety; Ownership and Financial Accountability; Operational Biases Toward Facilities; Use of Civil Money Penalty Funds to Benefit Residents.