Nursing home put residents in ‘jeopardy’ on the night two were found dead, NC says
A short-staffed nursing home in Thomasville put its residents in “immediate jeopardy” when it failed to enact an emergency plan, leaving just three people to…
Illinois nursing homes fined $125,000 for broken nose of a resident, neglect of others
Four Quad-City nursing homes have been cited by the Illinois Department of Public Health and fined a total of $125,000 related to the abuse and…
Connecticut Nursing Home Shut Down after Two Resident Deaths
A Wallingford nursing home that once served as a COVID-19 recovery center will be shuttered after two patients died and a state Department of Public…
US DOL Offers New Resources to Help Combat Employer Retaliation against Workers
The US Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division today published and launched several resources to help combat retaliation by employers against employees for exercising…
EEOC Sues Riverwalk Post-Acute for Race Harassment and Retaliation
Riverwalk Post-Acute, a Riverside skilled nursing facility, violated federal law by allowing a class of Black employees to be subjected to racial harassment and one…
Connecticut Bill Requires Nursing Home Transparency in Medicaid Spending
Legislation in Connecticut’s Joint Committee on Aging would require nursing homes to spend at least 90% of Medicaid funding they receive on direct patient care.
MI AG’s Sentinel Project Leads to Charges against Unlicensed Nurse
An investigation by the Department of Attorney General’s Sentinel Project has led to its first criminal case — a felony charge against a nurse for…
NM Governor Signs Senate Bill 40, Supporting Nursing Homes
Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham signed Senate Bill 40, the Health Care Quality Surcharge Act Changes, which results in millions of additional state and federal dollars…
Owing $1 Million in Fines, Bankrupt Nursing Home Chain Prepped For Sale
One of Iowa’s biggest nursing home chains, now mired in bankruptcy, allegedly owes taxpayers more than $1 million in unpaid fines due to poor quality…
NM Hospital to Pay $82,481 to Settle EEOC Sexual Harassment Case
Albuquerque-AMG Specialty Hospital, LLC and Acadiana Management Group, LLC, operating AMG Specialty Hospital in Albuquerque, NM, will pay $82,481 and furnish other relief to settle…