LA Nursing Homes Discriminated against Non-Koreans, Federal Lawsuit Alleges
Three Los Angeles nursing homes with a mostly Korean clientele turned away non-Koreans who inquired about living there, with workers stating that only Koreans would be accepted, according to a…
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Utah Assisted Living Facility Resident Dies after Being Found in Freezer
The state has put a St. George assisted living facility on conditional license status after the recent death of a resident who became trapped in the facility’s kitchen freezer and…
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MedStar Health Inc. Agrees to Provide People with Disabilities Equal Access to Medical Care
The Justice Department announced today that it filed a complaint and proposed consent decree to resolve allegations that MedStar Health Inc., a leading healthcare provider in Maryland and the Washington,…
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HHS OCR Issues Guidance to Ensure Religious Non-Discrimination in Patient Visitation
Today, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is issuing guidance to US hospital and long-term care facility administrators, reminding organizations…
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Wisconsin Senate Passes Bill That Would Give Elderly More Time to Find New Facility if Evicted
A bill that would give seniors more time to find a new care center if they had to move out of their current facility just became one step closer to…
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Staten Island Health Center Will Pay $195K to Former Employee
In March 2020, as COVID-19 became a global pandemic, an employee of a Staten Island community health center asked permission to allow a regularly scheduled meeting to be held by…
Read More »OSHA Increases Penalties for Workplace Health and Safety Violations
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has increased the minimum and maximum civil monetary penalties (CMPs) for workplace safety violations, as required by the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment…
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Justice Department Advances Proposed Rule to Improve ADA Access to Medical Care
The Justice Department today sent to the Federal Register for publication a notice of proposed rulemaking under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) that aims to improve…
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Readout of HHS Secretary Becerra’s Meeting with Long-Term Care Facility Leaders
On Wednesday, January 3, US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra met virtually with long-term care facility (LTCF) leaders to express concerns about low vaccination rates…
Read More »New York Governor Weakens Covid-Era Nursing Home Law
New year, new rules. Among the bundle of healthcare bills signed by Gov. Kathy Hochul in the last days of 2023 was legislation that weakens spending requirements for nursing homes…
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