Police Charge Nurse with Assaulting Patient at Pa Nursing Home
City police charged a nurse at a Pennsylvania nursing home with striking an elderly patient with a phone and pouring soda on her clothes.
Read More »Michigan Loosens Testing Requirements for Nursing Home Visitors
Michigan’s nursing homes don’t have to require visitors to get tested for COVID-19 prior to allowing them into the facility under changes state health officials made Wednesday to its visitation…
Read More »PA says 162 COVID-19-related nursing home investigations took place in February
The Pennsylvania Department of Health is stressing that investigations of nursing home complaints has continued during the pandemic, with 283 complaint investigations in February.
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OSHA Launches Program to Protect High-Risk Workers from Coronavirus, Focuses on Employers That Retaliate
In response to President Biden’s executive order on protecting worker health and safety, the US Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has launched a national emphasis program focusing…
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Pennsylvania Strongly Encourages Long-Term Care Facilities to Implement Updated Visitation Guidance
Acting Secretary of Health Alison Beam, Human Services Secretary Teresa Miller and Aging Secretary Robert Torres highlighted the updated nursing home visitation guidance issued by the Centers for Medicare and…
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CMS Updates Nursing Home Guidance with Revised Visitation Recommendations
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), in collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), issued updated guidance March 10 for nursing homes to safely expand…
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CDC says vaccinated people can visit with family but NJ says limits must remain in place for nursing homes
Despite the news from the nation’s top public health agency Monday that small groups of vaccinated people may gather indoors without masks, the strict limitation on visits won’t change for…
Read More »Watchdog agency faults Vermont VA for its investigation of doctor accused of slapping his nurses
An independent federal watchdog agency has faulted the US Department of Veterans Affairs for its investigation of whistleblower complaints against the former chief anesthesiologist at the Vermont VA hospital accused…
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US Attorney’s Office and CT Hospital Resolve ADA Complaint
The US Attorney’s Office has reached a settlement agreement with Danbury Hospital, which owns and operates Morganti Wound Care Center (“MWCC”), to resolve allegations that MWCC was not operating in…
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HHS OCR and US Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of MI Enter Voluntary Resolution Agreement with MI Bariatric Practice
The US Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights (“HHS OCR”) and the US Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Michigan have entered into a Voluntary…
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