Two STAT articles report on the same unfolding story: RegalCare, a New Jersey company run by Eli Mirlis, bought a dozen Massachusetts nursing homes after the pandemic and cut spending on nursing and other services. The Boston Globe Spotlight Team documented the consequences, including a Taunton home that had held a five-star federal rating for years before deteriorating under new ownership. Both articles agree that the cuts gutted quality of care across the chain.
The first article emphasizes that state officials had done little to intervene even as problems mounted. The second article, however, reports a sharp reversal: on Oct. 13, Massachusetts regulators moved to revoke all of RegalCare's licenses. The state Department of Public Health said the company will not lose control of the homes immediately, but they will face enhanced monitoring.
Taken together, the sources show a pattern of cost-cutting followed by regulatory action only after investigative reporting brought the issue to light. The exact timeline of any license revocation remains unclear.