On October 21, 2025, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued revised guidance regarding survey and certification activities during the federal government shutdown.…
Two recent fires at nursing homes in Kentucky and New York highlight the importance of emergency response and evacuation procedures in residential care facilities. An…
The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) has suspended a nursing assistant for six months and placed her on probation for an additional year following…
The Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office (AGO) announced that a 33-year-old woman has pleaded guilty to stealing thousands of dollars from multiple elderly victims while posing…
On October 8, 2025, Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes announced that a man had been sentenced to 3.5 years in prison, followed by 7 years…
In September 2025, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published new data in the Annals of Internal Medicine showing a dramatic increase in…
The director of nursing (DON) at a New Jersey nursing home was arraigned on charges of assaulting one of the facility’s residents and attempting to…
According to an October 6, 2025, press release, a former certified nursing assistant (CNA) has been indicted by a grand jury following an investigation by…
The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH), in collaboration with the DuPage County Health Department, is investigating a cluster of two Legionnaires’ disease cases. Both…
On September 29, 2025, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a memorandum announcing updates to the Civil Money Penalty Reinvestment Program (CMPRP).…