John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that the government has reached a settlement agreement under the Americans with Disabilities…
The Illinois Department of Public Health has levied fines against two nursing homes for resident safety violations.
A nursing home employee who claimed in a harassment and retaliation lawsuit that a supervisor presented her with a plate of food that resembled male…
A new DRAFT version of the MDS 3.0 Item Set Change History for October 2020 (v1.18.0) was posted. This document reflects the changes in the…
A resident of a St. Louis nursing home died recently following an altercation with another man and the death is being investigated as a homicide,…
The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office for Civil Rights (OCR), has entered into a Voluntary Resolution Agreement (VRA) with CHRISTUS Trinity…
On January 15, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) raised its civil penalties (85 Fed. Reg. 2,292) by approximately 1.8%.
Three nursing homes have been fined by the state Department of Public Health (DPH) for violations that include posting a video on social media of…
To protect vulnerable nursing home residents from abuse, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) contracts with state agencies—known as survey agencies—that can cite…
In September, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that they took action to comply with the new Omnibus Burden Reduction (Conditions of…