Pennsylvania Physician to Pay $50,000 and Permanently Cease Prescribing Opioids
Dr. Eric Heffelfinger, a pulmonologist who previously practiced in Ridley Park, Pennsylvania, will pay $50,000 and permanently lose his ability to prescribe opioids to resolve allegations that he improperly prescribed…
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With Federal Help Pending, ‘Parking Lot Guy’ Becomes Most Reliable Source of PPE for Nursing Homes
Amid a global pandemic that targets vulnerable elders, one of the most reliable PPE sources for a provider in the New York City suburbs is a man whose name remains…
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Calls for Probe of Nursing Home That Sent Comedian’s Kin to Wrong Cemetery
New York’s long-term care watchdog and a local lawmaker called for an investigation of the Brooklyn nursing home where comedian Elayne Boosler’s Jewish cousin was sold a pricey Christian funeral…
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MD Nursing Home with Most Virus Deaths Fined $10k a Day for Failure to Protect Residents
A Charles County nursing home with the highest number of COVID-19 deaths among nursing home facilities in Maryland is being fined $10,000 a day for failing to protect residents and…
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Wife of Man Who Died after Contracting COVID-19 Sues the Waterford Assisted Living Facility
A lawsuit has been filed against The Waterford at College Station assisted living facility, alleging neglect in the April death of a resident who had contracted COVID-19.
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As Deaths Rise, NJ Retains Consultants to Examine Nursing Home Coronavirus Crisis
Protective masks and other safety equipment remains in critically short supply at dozens of New Jersey nursing homes, as state officials announced plans to bring in outside consultants to look…
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Gov. Wolf Signs Executive Order to Provide Civil Immunity for Healthcare Providers
Governor Tom Wolf signed an executive order to afford healthcare practitioners protection against liability for good faith actions taken in response to the call to supplement the healthcare provider workforce…
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NJ Clamps down on Nursing Homes as Coronavirus Deaths Spiral Up
New Jersey officials said on Tuesday that they’re clamping down on nursing homes as long -term care facility deaths continue to spiral upward amid the coronavirus crisis, and the National…
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Elderly Man Dies, Wife Critically Hurt in Bronx Nursing Home Fire
An elderly man died and his wife was critically hurt when a fire ripped through their Bronx nursing home, officials said Sunday.
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How a Nursing Home in France Stopped Coronavirus from Killing Elderly in Its Care
As the coronavirus scythed through nursing homes, cutting a deadly path, Valerie Martin vowed to herself that the story would be different in the home she runs in France.
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