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…
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…
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…
French Nursing Home Halted Coronavirus’s Deadly Threat with a Lockdown
Determined not to allow the Coronavirus to decimate the French nursing home she manages, an administrator took drastic action that turned out to be very…
Texas Man Admits Role in Nearly $5 Million Healthcare Fraud Scheme
A 57-year-old Houston man has entered a guilty plea in Corpus Christi federal court for conspiring to commit healthcare fraud, announced US Attorney Ryan Patrick.…
Activity Ideas for Residents That Maintain Social Distancing
Rose Villa, a continuing care retirement community in Portland, Oregon, got creative when designing activities to keep residents connected and having fun.
DOJ settles False Claims Act Allegations with Seattle Physician, His Pain Clinics, and His Drug-Testing Lab
The US Department of Justice and the Washington State Attorney General settled a False Claims Act investigation involving Seattle Pain Center, Northwest Analytics, and owner/physician…
New Hampshire Nursing Home’s Pen Pal Program Bridges Isolation Gap for Residents
The mandated social isolation to control and prevent the spread of COVID-19 that has been put into place in nursing homes across the nation has…
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…
Department of Homeland Security Update: APT Groups Target Healthcare and Essential Services
This is a joint alert from the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the United Kingdom’s National…