Second Employee Arrested in Drug Overdose Death at SC Nursing Home
A second person has been arrested and charged with abuse or neglect resulting in the death of a vulnerable adult after a nursing home resident died at a South Carolina…
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MN Healthcare Provider to Pay $180,000 to Resolve EEOC Disability Discrimination Lawsuit
North Memorial Health, a healthcare provider that operates two hospitals and 26 specialty and primary care clinics, urgent and emergency care facilities, and medical transportation services throughout the Twin Cities…
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Preliminary Injunction against Chain of SNFs for Violations of Staffing and Discharge Laws
California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced securing a preliminary injunction against 19 California skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) operated under the Mariner chain (Mariner Health) for violating federal and state laws…
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Court Finds Nursing Facility Violated Federal and State Laws with Involuntary Discharge of Woman
The Superior Court of the State of California issued a final order January 3, holding that a facility’s refusal to accept a resident back from the hospital “constitutes an involuntary…
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Resident Bleeds to Death at Care Facility That Has a History of Violations
An Iowa nursing home where a woman bled to death two weeks after moving into the facility is facing possible fines from the federal government.
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SC DHEC Removes Residents from 4 Assisted-Living Facilities Deemed a Safety Threat
The SC Department of Health and Environmental Control issued emergency suspension orders against four South Carolina assisted-living facilities after conditions at the facilities were deemed to pose an immediate threat…
Read More »HHS Issues New Strengthened Conscience and Religious Nondiscrimination Proposed Rule
December 29, 2022, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), entitled Safeguarding the Rights of Conscience…
Read More »Police Find Body of Woman, 92, Reported Missing from Ohio Nursing Home
Police said they found the body of a 92-year-old woman who was reported missing on Christmas Eve, after they responded to a welfare check on the grounds of the Good…
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Resident Dies after Being Found Outside Michigan Assisted Living Center in Bitter Cold
The death of an 82-year-old woman found outside a Michigan assisted living facility early Friday is under investigation by police.
Read More »Nursing Home Chain Pays $1.75M over Failure to Meet the Needs of Residents with SUD
A Connecticut-based long-term care management company operating nursing homes across southern New England has agreed to pay $1.75 million and adopt a series of critical compliance measures in a settlement…
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