Earlier this year, the Globe and USA TODAY revealed that internal ratings showed 60 VA nursing homes – nearly half of the agency’s nursing homes nationwide – received the lowest ranking for quality as of Dec. 31, 2017. (Among the homes rated lowest for quality in the first quarter this year, only 11, including Bedford, also got one-star ratings for surprise inspections.) The agency only released the ratings to the public after the two news organizations began asking questions about them.

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From the news release of the American Association for Justice.