Frontline Work When Everyone Is Angry
In October 2020 Dr. Adrienne Boissy, then the chief patient experience officer at Cleveland Clinic, had a big problem, and it wasn’t just Covid-19. Caregivers at the hospital, already stretched…
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Home Healthcare Agency Settles Fraud Claims for $1.26M and Agrees to Pay $2M
Breon Peace, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, and Letitia James, New York State Attorney General, announced a settlement agreement with a Brooklyn-based licensed home care…
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Pennsylvania Care Home, Nursing Agency Sued by Staffer Following Sexual Assault Claim
A former nursing aide is suing a North Huntingdon nursing home and a Murrysville-based nursing agency claiming both firms failed to conduct an adequate criminal background check, which led to…
Read More »South Carolina Woman Stole Nurse’s Identity, Worked in Care Homes
A Piedmont woman is accused of impersonating a registered nurse and working in three different care homes throughout the Upstate, according to the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division.
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Judge: Nursing Home Resident Died after Worker Ignored Orders
A Des Moines nursing home employee who allegedly contributed to the death of a resident has been denied unemployment benefits.
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US DOL, Health System Enter Agreement to Resolve Allegations of Hiring, Compensation Discrimination
The US Department of Labor and Cooper Health System have entered into a conciliation agreement to resolve alleged hiring and compensation discrimination at the teaching hospital and biomedical research facility…
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US DOL Recovers More Than $162K in Overtime Back Pay, Damages
The US Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division found Heaven on Earth Network paid 87 workers straight time when overtime pay was owed. The employer paid the required time-and-a-half…
Read More »Judgment Approved Ordering Two Pennsylvania Facilities to Pay Total of $513K in Back Wages, Damages
The US District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania has approved a consent judgment ordering two central Pennsylvania nursing facilities to pay a total of $256,684 in back wages…
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Grady Memorial Hospital Corporation to Pay $55,000 to Settle EEOC Disability Suit
Grady Memorial Hospital Corporation, a public hospital in Atlanta, Ga., will pay $55,000 and furnish other relief to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the US Equal Employment Opportunity…
Read More »Wisconsin DHS Announces Medicaid Nursing Home Rate Increase to Support Healthcare Workforce
The Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) announces that Medicaid cost coverage for nursing homes will increase from 77% for fiscal year 2022 to 91% for fiscal year 2023. The…
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