NJ Nursing Home Barred from Taking in Residents over COVID Outbreak
A New Jersey nursing home has been barred from accepting new residents after more than three-quarters of them got infected with the coronavirus.
Lawsuit Alleges CT Nursing Home Failed to Protect Residents and Visitors from Resident’s Sexual Assaults
A lawsuit filed in a Connecticut Superior Court claims that a nursing home failed to implement protective measures for residents and visitors from a resident…
US Department of Labor’s OSHA Announces $2,025,431 in Coronavirus Violations
Since the start of the coronavirus pandemic through Oct. 22, 2020, the US Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited 144…
Patient Accused of Groping Nurse at Staten Island University Hospital
A 43-year-old man groped a nurse and grabbed her cell phone inside Staten Island University Hospital in Ocean Breeze, authorities allege.
Hundreds of Missouri Nursing Homes Left in the Lurch after Regulators Penalize Testing Lab
Missouri nursing homes are scrambling to find labs to perform COVID-19 and other diagnostic tests after federal regulators suspended the lab licenses of a Missouri-based…
Kansas Nursing Home Removed from Medicare Program Following Damning COVID-19 Report
Staff at a Kansas nursing home, where at least 10 residents have died from COVID-19, did not wear masks and failed to properly isolate positive…
Medicare Will Fine Half of US Hospitals for Readmitting too Many Patients Pre-COVID
Nearly half the nation’s hospitals, many of which are still wrestling with the financial fallout of the unexpected coronavirus, will get lower payments for all…
Former Kansas Nurse Pleads Guilty to Medicaid Fraud, Mistreatment of Dependent Adult, Drug Charges
A former Wichita nurse has been found guilty of Medicaid fraud, mistreatment of a dependent adult and drug possession, Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt said.…
NC County Boards of Elections “MATs” Brave COVID-19 to Help Residents in Nursing Homes Vote
Finding ways to help residents in long-term care facilities vote safely during the COVID-19 pandemic has been difficult, but almost impossible in the states of…
80-Year-Old Man Fatally Shoots Wife, Himself at Virginia Hospital
An 80-year-old man shot and killed his 76-year-old wife inside of her hospital room at about 9:15 a.m. October 30 in Spotsylvania County, Virginia, according…