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…
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…
Latimer Directs County Health Department to Test All Westchester Nursing Homes for COVID-19
Westchester County has been granted permission by New York State to begin testing in all nursing homes.
Maze Ransomware Hackers Post Patient Data Stolen from Two Providers
The notorious Maze ransomware hacking group has failed to follow through with their assurance the healthcare sector would be off-limits during the COVID-19 pandemic, by…
Traumatic Impact on the Mental Health of Healthcare Workers from COVID-19 Crisis
The recently reported suicides of two healthcare workers in New York City—an emergency medical technician and an emergency physician—may be a harbinger of the traumatic…
Coronavirus: Florida to begin antibody testing, outlines new nursing home restrictions
Gov. Ron DeSantis outlined a new emergency rule that residents can’t be discharged from a hospital to a nursing home without first being tested and…
OCR Issues Guidance on Covered Healthcare Providers and Restrictions on Media Access to Protected Health Information about Individuals in Their Facilities
May 5 the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued additional guidance reminding covered healthcare providers…
Former Healthcare President Pleads Guilty to Embezzling over $763,000 and Tax Evasion
Robert R. Burton, 50, of Madisonville, Louisiana, pleaded guilty to embezzling $763,887 from Omnis Health Inc. and tax evasion. According to court documents, between July…
West Virginia HOPE Clinic Manager Sentenced to Federal Prison for Gun Crime
Joshua Radcliffe, 36, of Shady Springs, a HOPE Clinic manager, was sentenced to 20 months in federal prison for a gun crime. From 2010 through…
New Independent Commission to Assess Nursing Homes’ Response to COVID-19 Pandemic
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (CMS) recently announced the establishing of a new independent commission whose purpose is to assess and report on the…