Negligence Lawsuit Filed against a South Carolina Nursing Home for the Spread of COVID-19 and Death
A lawsuit has been filed against a South Carolina nursing home claiming a resident died after contracting COVID-19 while residing in the nursing home, alleging that the nursing home was…
Read More »Tennessee Nursing Home Found at Fault for a Fatal Fall
A Tennessee nursing home has been ordered to pay over $500,000 to the family of a woman who suffered a fatal fall at the facility in early 2019. The resident,…
Read More »CMS Recommends Nursing Home Residents Do Not Leave Facilities during the Holiday Season
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is recommending that residents do not leave the nursing home, especially during the holiday season. The anticipated vaccine is on the immediate…
Read More »CMS Releases COVID-19 Vaccine Reimbursement Toolkit
The initial supply of COVID-19 vaccines will be federally purchased, and there will be no cost to the American people who receive the COVID-19 vaccine. Since healthcare providers will play…
Read More »COVID-19 Nursing Home Death Rate at All-Time High
Over a four-week time span from mid-October to mid-November 2020, 8,436 nursing home residents have died per an analysis of federal data by the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP)….
Read More »Hospital Employee Terminated for Refusing a Flu Shot
An employee of a hospital in New York has been terminated for her refusal to receive the flu shot vaccine. The employee checks in patients at the Cancer Center and…
Read More »COVID-19 Vaccine Toolkit Released by AMDA
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has announced that long-term care residents and staff will be among the first to receive access to COVID-19 vaccines as soon as…
Read More »Trump Administration to Distribute $523 Million in Second Round Performance Payments
Over 9,000 nursing homes across the country will be rewarded for successfully reducing COVID-19 related infections and deaths between September and October 2020. The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA),…
Read More »HHS Announces the Establishment of a False Claims Act Working Group
On December 4, 2020, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced the establishment of a False Claims Act Working Group that intensifies its partnership with the Department of…
Read More »APIC Finds Many Healthcare Facilities across the Country Implementing PPE Crisis Standards of Care
The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) has found through a national, online survey of hospitals and healthcare facilities that many have once again implemented personal protective…
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