An employee of a hospital in New York has been terminated for her refusal to receive the flu shot vaccine. The employee checks in patients… 

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has announced that long-term care residents and staff will be among the first to receive access to… 

Over 9,000 nursing homes across the country will be rewarded for successfully reducing COVID-19 related infections and deaths between September and October 2020. The Health… 

On December 4, 2020, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced the establishment of a False Claims Act Working Group that intensifies its… 

The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) has found through a national, online survey of hospitals and healthcare facilities that many have… 

A Kansas City nursing home will need to pay $40,000 and furnish other relief to settle a gender-based pay discrimination lawsuit filed by the US… 

Governor Brian Kemp of Georgia met with nursing home administrators across the state this week for a round-table discussion. The administrators shared similar experiences, and… 

On November 30, 2020, the New Jersey Department of Health issued an Executive Directive requiring all facilities that receive BinaxNow tests and have a CLIA… 

The number of COVID-19 cases is in the thousands, with a large continuous spread throughout Minnesota. A large number of staff are out sick or… 

A caregiver at a senior living center in Tallahassee, Florida, was arrested on a third-degree felony charge of neglect of a disabled adult. The charges…