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A dozen New Jersey nursing homes have consistently ranked as providing poor care for years but continue to receive at least $100 million annually in taxpayer funds, according to a state watchdog report released Friday.

The New Jersey Office of the State Comptroller reviewed quarterly quality ratings from the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services going back a decade and identified 12 facilities that have consistently performed poorly. Their scores — based on the zero-to-five-star ranking system from CMS — are shown below, along with their locations.

In his third report in a series on Medicaid spending in nursing homes, acting State Comptroller Kevin Walsh urged state officials to use this money more effectively to drive quality improvement. New Jersey spends about $2 billion annually through the state and federally funded program to house some 24,000 low-income residents in nursing homes.

Officials at the state departments of health and human services — which license nursing homes and oversee Medicaid, respectively — defended their work monitoring these facilities and providing residents with safe options, according to the report. Industry officials criticized the comptroller’s office for what they called a “misleading” and “ill-informed” report.

See the list below to learn how the 12 worst facilities ranked in recent years. Scroll over the map to see where each nursing home is located.

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