Growing COVID-19 Costs Force Kentucky’s Largest Nursing Home Chain to Cut Jobs
The CEO of Kentucky’s largest nursing home chain recently announced the elimination of 100 jobs in its corporate headquarters. He blames the need to lay off these employees on the…
Read More »Charges Filed against Florida Man in Kickback and Telemedicine Fraud Scheme
A Florida man who supplied Medicare patient information to his co-conspirators to support their durable medical equipment claims is the 26th defendant charged in a telemedicine conspiracy being prosecuted in…
Read More »Family of Nursing Home Resident under State Guardianship Unaware of His Death and Burial
The family of an 88-year-old resident in a New Jersey nursing home recently reported that they were not made aware of the resident’s death on 4/19 from COVID-19 until they…
Read More »A Proactive Approach Has Allowed Connecticut Nursing Home to Stay Free of COVID-19
How a Connecticut nursing home was able to have all 93 of its residents test negative for COVID-19 on May 22 and remain so was the subject of an interview…
Read More »COVID-19 Impact Adds to Wisconsin Nursing Homes Risks for More Closings
Forty Wisconsin nursing homes have closed since 2016, and that number is continuing to grow. Closings, according to experts, are due to these three factors: Low Medicaid reimbursement A state’s…
Read More »Certified Nursing Assistant Accused of Assaulting 98-Year-Old Florida Nursing Home Resident
Florida Department of Health (DOH) recently reported that after another employee reported witnessing a certified nursing assistant (CNA) assault a 98-year-old female resident by hitting her in the head, the…
Read More »Families of Residents Who Succumbed to COVID-19 Sue Oregon Nursing Home
After an initial lawsuit was filed by a family of a resident who died from COVID-19 in an Oregon nursing home, five more families filed wrongful death lawsuits alleging abuse…
Read More »FDA Reissues Emergency Use Authorizations Regarding Decontaminating Respirators
Based upon the increased knowledge of the performance and design of respirators, the Federal Drug Administration (FDA) has reissued the emergency use authorizations (EUAs) specifying which respirators can be decontaminated…
Read More »Pennsylvania Long-Term Care Facilities Open with Continuing and Expanded Restrictions
Long-term care facilities are entering into Pennsylvania’s “green phase” on a county-by-county basis that involves the removal of most restrictions placed on business operations and social regulations by the Department…
Read More »Hurricane Season Adds to Existing COVID-19 Challenges for Long-Term Care Facilities
Hurricane season arrived June 1, adding the potential for additional problems that Florida and other coastline nursing homes face along with the Coronavirus pandemic, such as failure to comply with…
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