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Founder Ed Dudensing Responds to Ruling to Vacate Federal Nursing Home Staffing Standards

April 15, 2025
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Dudensing Law Founder Ed Dudensing recently shared his perspective with Fierce Healthcare following a federal court’s decision to vacate the Biden Administration’s nursing home staffing requirements.

The court’s decision, which strikes down minimum staffing standards for nursing homes, has sparked concern among elder care advocates. In his remarks to Fierce Healthcare, Ed emphasized that the ruling undermines critical protections for seniors.

“This decision undermines the very safeguards designed to protect our elders’ dignity and well-being. Adequate staffing is a fundamental element of ensuring safe, respectful care, and it is incumbent upon our political leaders to work across differences to maintain and strengthen these standards,” said Ed.

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Ed Dudensing Weighs in on Dr. Oz’s Recent Senate Confirmation Hearing, Shares Insights on Nursing Home Standards and Elder Abuse

April 3, 2025
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Ed Dudensing recently spoke with Fierce Healthcare about Dr. Mehmet Oz’s recent Senate confirmation hearings, where he faced questions about his potential role as administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). The hearing touched on several key CMS issues, including Medicare Advantage and nursing home care.

In the article, Ed reinforces the importance of ensuring quality care for vulnerable seniors, particularly in light of the growing influence of private equity in the nursing home industry. He also argued that eliminating nursing home staffing requirements would have a detrimental effect on elder care. would only worsen the ongoing crisis.

“Eliminating nursing home staffing requirements—a position endorsed by key administration officials—will only exacerbate the crisis, increasing cases of elder neglect, preventable injuries, and deaths at a time when the system is already under immense pressure,” said Ed.

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Office Manager and Senior Litigation Secretary Kari Kalista recently celebrated 15 years with Dudensing Law.

With deep expertise in civil procedure, court rules at every level, and every phase of case development, she has been an anchor of the firm's operations since day one.

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Dudensing Law Founder Ed Dudensing led a presentation titled "Financials 101 for Elder Abuse Lawyers" for a California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform (CANHR) webinar, equipping plaintiff-side elder abuse attorneys with the tools to read nursing home financial records as litigation evidence.

The session discussed key financial paperwork and how each document type can reveal deliberate cost-cutting decisions, profit-shifting to affiliated companies, and the financial control structures that connect parent companies to individual facilities.

Learn more about the presentation here: dudensinglaw.com/news/ed-dudensing-presents-financials-101-for-elder-abuse-lawyers-at-canhr-webinar/

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“How would you describe Dudensing Law’s approach to handling your case?”

Former client Ralph V. says it best: even across three time zones, the Dudensing Law team made sure every member of his family felt informed, supported, and never alone in the process.

That is the standard we hold ourselves to for every family we represent.

If you or a loved one has experienced elder abuse or neglect, we are here to help: dudensinglaw.com/contact/

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The nursing home that neglected your loved one probably doesn't own itself.

In his Rutter Group treatise on elder abuse litigation, founder Ed Dudensing writes extensively about the corporate structures behind California's long-term care facilities.

A typical defendant isn't a single entity; it's generally a licensed operator owned by a management company, owned by a holding company, owned by a private equity fund, with the actual assets held somewhere entirely separate.

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Founder Ed Dudensing

Founder Ed Dudensing was recently interviewed by Law.com's The Recorder in recognition of his selection as a finalist for the 2026 California Legal Awards “Attorney of the Year”.

The piece dives into what drives Ed's work, passions, and what he sees as a defining threat to elder care today.

As Ed told Law.com, "Now, with big finance becoming more and more involved, there's just such a fundamental misalignment, because big finance reports to investors. They don't even pretend to be caring about the residents of these end-use facilities. It's a real estate play, and so it's very frightening."

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