A Connecticut nursing home was issued an emergency order by the Connecticut Department of Public Health directing immediate actions after the facility failed to respond…
Several bills have been filed in Texas to address problems that led to days-long power outages across Texas. The power outages led dozens of senior…
An Iowa man has been arrested on a warrant for allegedly defrauding Medicaid by spending his father’s money on himself instead of on his father’s…
Documents have been filed in a Florida federal court that accuse the Florida Department of Health of wrongfully discriminating against an employee for her decision…
The fourth quarter fiscal year 2020 Program for Evaluating Payment Patterns Electronic Reports (PEPPER) can now be accessed. The PEPPER reports summarize provider-specific data for…
In March 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) enacted several temporary emergency blanket waivers which were intended to provide nursing homes flexibility…
The US Government Accountability Office (GAO) released their 6th report on the federal response to the pandemic in late March 2021. The report identified 28…
The opening of the 2019 Employment Information Report (EEO-1) Component 1 Data Collection scheduled for May 8, 2020 was delayed due to the COVID-19 public…
A senior living community located in Ohio has been sued by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) for discharging an employee due to her…
On April 2, 2021, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released a training video tutorial to promote the accurate coding of the resident…