The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently released consolidated recommendations for COVID-19 testing, including interim testing guidelines for nursing home residents and healthcare…
A new study shows that residents of long-term care facilities with lower nurse staffing levels, poorer quality scores, and higher concentrations of disadvantaged residents suffer…
As COVID-19 initially swept through nursing homes across the country in March and April, operators and staffers had a key advantage: Just about every state…
On June 18, 2020, a grand jury charged Donald Hyungjoon Kim, MD, 53, for distributing opioids and other controlled substances illegally. In 2018, the Oklahoma…
Pediatric Health Care Alliance, a Tampa-based pediatric medical practice, violated federal law when it retaliated against a female registered nurse for reporting that a doctor,…
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has issued guidance for reopening businesses that recommends each establishment conduct a hazard assessment for all jobs. It…
Sunrise Treatment Center in Cincinnati, OH is alerting 3,660 patients that some of their protected health information may have been accessed by an unauthorized individual…
When the Coronavirus outbreak occurred, visitations of nursing home residents by family members and close friends were discontinued in most circumstances. Now, after residents have…
Dr. Gurpreet Singh Bajwa, a Fairfax medical doctor, was sentenced to 10 years in prison and fined $30,000 for illegally diverting Adderall and oxycodone to…
Residents of long-term care facilities will be able to have outdoor visits with loved ones in designated outdoor space starting Sunday, June 21—Father’s Day—under a…