Rezik Saqer, 66, a Houston-area physician and anesthesiologist at two registered pain clinics, Texas Pain Solutions and Integra Medical Clinic, was sentenced to seven years…
Waving signs that read such things as “I’d rather die of COVID than loneliness,” and “We are prisoners in our home,” residents of one nursing…
The Baker-Polito Administration has begun implementing its second round of comprehensive nursing home reforms to keep older adults safe, improve the standards of care and…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced amended terms for payments issued under the Accelerated and Advance Payment (AAP) Program as required by…
When the COVID-19 crisis struck in March, Connecticut facilities, like most other affected facilities, closed their doors to visitors to stem the spreading of the…
WV Attorney General Patrick Morrisey has announced a $5 million, multi-state settlement with a leading hospital operator related to a data breach back in August…
The state health department has ordered Nevada nursing homes to suspend the use of certain rapid COVID-19 tests because of the likelihood of false positives.…
Mayo Clinic has started notifying more than 1,600 patients that some of their protected health information has been viewed by a former employee without authorization.
It is crucial that nursing homes have adequate personal protective equipment (PPE) and staff in order to protect residents and staff from COVID‐19.
What began as a routine early morning diaper change for a 73-year-old California nursing home resident by a nurse aide, turned into one of the…