Arkansas Nursing Homes Preparing to Allow Visitors
Arkansas and many other states are preparing or have already started to allow visitation of nursing home residents, albeit outdoors and under strict guidelines. In…
Japan Floods Leave up to 34 Dead, Many at Nursing Homes
Deep floodwaters and the risk of more mudslides that left at least 34 people confirmed or presumed dead hampered search and rescue operations Sunday in…
RI Nursing Homes Defend Coronavirus Care after Challenge by Governor
A trade association that represents most of the nursing homes in Rhode Island is defending their care during the coronavirus pandemic after Governor Gina Raimondo…
SC Governor Reverses Course, Tells DHEC to Delay Releasing Plan for Nursing Home Visitors
South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster reversed course on Thursday after initially directing the state’s health agency to come up with guidelines to let immediate families…
Coronavirus Tests from MD Assisted-Living Facility Were Sent to Lab Shut by Health Department
Coronavirus tests taken at an assisted-living facility in Chevy Chase were processed at a lab that was shut down by the Maryland Department of Health…
Two Separate Lawsuits Filed against an Illinois Nursing Home
In two separate lawsuits, family members allege that an Illinois nursing home was negligent in providing care for their loved ones. One of the suits…
Pediatrics 2000 to Pay $68,000 to Settle Religious Accommodation Lawsuit
Pediatrics 2000, a Manhattan private medical practice serving children and teens, has agreed to pay $68,000 and take substantial non-monetary action to settle a religious…
OneSource Staffing Settles EEOC Discrimination Charges
The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and Wilkes-Barre, Pa.-based staffing firm OneSource Staffing, LLC reached a voluntary conciliation agreement to resolve two discrimination charges.…
MA eases restrictions for nursing home visits, allows in-unit visitations at ALFs under Phase 3
Massachusetts will ease visitation restrictions for loved ones with residents in nursing homes, rest homes and other long-term care facilities as early as Monday, easing…
CA Genetic Testing Company Agrees to Pay $8.25 Million to Resolve False Claims Allegations; KY Hospital Also Settles
United States Attorney Russell Coleman announced an $8.25 million settlement with Agendia, Inc., a molecular diagnostics testing company based in Irvine, California, for an alleged…