Despite End of State of Emergency, DHSS Guidance for Visitation at Delaware’s LTC Facilities Will Continue
With the end of the State of Emergency in Delaware on Tuesday, July 13, the Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS) is affirming that Delaware’s 86 long-term care facilities…
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Connecticut Health Workers Must Get Fingerprinted or Will Lose Jobs
Healthcare workers across the state who were hired during the pandemic must be terminated if they aren’t fingerprinted for state-mandated background checks before July 20, the Connecticut Department of Public…
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Two Charged with Neglect in Death of Woman at Illinois Senior Living Facility
Two employees of a senior living facility in Westmont have been charged in connection with the death of a 96-year-old woman who died in February after she was left overnight…
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US DOL Finds Healthcare Provider Failed to Protect Workers from Coronavirus Exposure at Two NJ Facilities
Following a coronavirus outbreak in March that led to the deaths of two workers, the US Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration found that a Mount Holly-based healthcare…
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Ohio AG Certifies Petition Regarding Nursing Home Staffing
The Ohio Attorney General’s Office Wednesday certified a revised petition for a proposed amendment to the Ohio Constitution that would require nursing facilities to provide certain staff-to-patient ratios and minimum…
Read More »Nurse Suspended after Joking about Mistreating Patients in Viral Videos
A North Carolina nurse says she has been suspended over her TikTok videos after viewers complained about her treatment of patients.
Read More »US Attorney’s Office Resolves False Claims Act Investigation into Improper Submission of Federal Healthcare Claims
The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that it has resolved its investigation into whether Health Care & Rehabilitation Services of Southeastern Vermont (“HCRS”)…
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Colorado ALF cited for failing to prevent resident’s suicide, giving state false information
The administrator of a Boulder assisted living facility allegedly tried to cover up evidence of safety lapses and missed warning signs that preceded a resident’s suicide in February.
Read More »Missouri Attorney General Obtains $150,000 Medicaid Fraud Settlement
Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt announced that his office’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit has obtained a $150,000 settlement against a former Poplar Bluff Medicaid provider for falsely billing services that…
Read More »AG Reaches $90K Settlement with MA Nursing Home over Emergency Response Failures and Neglect of Resident
Attorney General Maura Healey announced a $90,000 settlement with a Milton nursing home to resolve allegations that it committed neglect of a resident, which resulted in death, and failed to…
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