Nursing Home Association Sues County over Ruthie’s Law
A statewide nursing home association has sued Erie County, challenging the legality of a local reporting law it says duplicates state and federal law.
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Bond Set for Woman Accused of Posing as Nurse at Ohio Nursing Home
A woman accused of stealing someone’s identity to work in a local nursing home/senior rehabilitation facility appeared in front of a judge February 21 to answer to criminal charges.
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Criminal HIPAA Violation Case Sees Healthcare Worker Charged on 415 Counts
A former employee of ACM Global Laboratories, part of Rochester Regional Health, has been accused of accessing the medical records of a patient, without authorization, on hundreds of occasions in…
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Vermont Settles Allegations of Neglect and False Claims with Three Genesis Healthcare Nursing Homes
Attorney General T.J. Donovan announced a settlement with three Genesis Healthcare subsidiary-operated nursing homes in Vermont — Burlington Health & Rehab, St. Johnsbury Health & Rehab, and Berlin Health &…
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Nursing Home Fined after Patient Given Wrong Medications
Several nursing homes have been fined by the state Department of Public Health for violations that endangered or injured residents according to reporting by the Connecticut Post’s Connecticut Health I-Team.
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CT Nursing Home Cited for Sexual Assault
Six nursing homes have been fined by the state Department of Public Health for violations that endangered or injured residents.
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Washington Nursing Assistant Charged with Manslaughter
State prosecutors have charged a Lynnwood nursing assistant with manslaughter for an accidental fall at a rehabilitation center that left a frail cancer patient with fatal injuries.
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Michigan Nursing Home Worker Charged with Abusing 91-Year-Old Woman
Security cameras were rolling at the Advantage Living Center as the worker manhandled the 91-year-old resident, according to authorities.
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Virginia Healthcare Facility Faces Wrongful Death Suit
A New Market healthcare facility is preparing to fend off a $1.5 million lawsuit alleging it failed to take adequate care of a resident admitted in February 2018.
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Carbon Monoxide Sends Seven Texas Nursing Home Residents to the Hospital
Seventy-seven residents were evacuated from Helen Greathouse Assisted Living Facility at Manor Park due to carbon monoxide.
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