Nursing Home Resident Bleeds to Death Due to Drug Interaction
An Iowa nursing home was cited by the Iowa Department of Inspections and Appeals with failing to respond to an internal, electronic warning that pertained…
An Iowa nursing home was cited by the Iowa Department of Inspections and Appeals with failing to respond to an internal, electronic warning that pertained…
On January 6, 2023, New York Attorney General Letitia James announced the sentencing of a 52-year-old man for sexually abusing an 81-year-old nursing home resident…
On January 4, 2023, the American Medical Directors Association (AMDA) released a free toolkit, COVID-19 Vaccination and Therapeutics in PALTC Toolkit: Resources for Clinicians, which…
The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the US Department of Health and Human Services announced a settlement with a full-service diagnostic laboratory in Sandy…
A 39-year-old Texas podiatrist has agreed to pay to resolve allegations he submitted false claims for the placement of electro-acupuncture devices. The man had previously…
On December 29, 2022, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM),…
A Connecticut-based long-term care management company operating nursing homes across southern New England has agreed to pay $1.75 million and adopt a series of critical…
A Louisiana health system is sending out notices of a data breach affecting almost 270,000 people after hackers gained access to their system. The health…
The recent spate of extremely cold weather caused many nursing homes to suffer burst pipes and flooding, leading to the evacuation of residents. In Maryland,…
Police were called to a Michigan assisted living facility after a snowplow driver clearing the parking lot saw an 82-year-old woman curled up on the…