Federal data underestimate the impact of COVID-19 on US nursing homes because federal reporting guidelines did not require facilities to report case and death data…
Cattaraugus County’s two nursing homes have temporarily paused accepting new admissions because officials are afraid of the impact of a state Health Department directive requiring…
Louisiana state officials have launched an investigation after the death of six residents who were evacuated to a warehouse before Hurricane Ida hit southeast Louisiana.…
The Biden-Harris Administration will require COVID-19 vaccination of staff within all Medicare and Medicaid-certified facilities to protect both them and patients from the virus and…
Queen Creek, Ariz.-based Desert Wells Family Medicine recently began notifying 35,000 patients that their EHR data was compromised by a ransomware attack.
An Office of Inspector General (OIG) audit discovered that Kansas made at least $18.2 million in unallowable payments to Medicaid managed care organizations (MCOs) on…
Governor Larry Hogan today announced that the State of Maryland is immediately authorizing COVID-19 booster shots for all Marylanders 65 and older who are living…
A home health agency (HHA) operator has agreed to pay $17 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by paying kickbacks…
The Louisiana Department of Health alerted seven nursing homes that evacuated to a Tangipahoa facility ahead of Hurricane Ida that their licenses are being revoked…
A Massachusetts-based hospital is facing a class action lawsuit after a ransomware attack in February that impacted over 35,000 individuals and put personally identifiable information…