Athena Health Care paying back staffing agencies, resolving employee insurance claims
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Jessica R. Towhey
Jan 18, 2023
An embattled New England nursing home provider said it is cooperating with federal regulators over an alleged $6 million in outstanding employee health insurance claims.
Inspector general will review program for poorest performing nursing homes
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Jessica R. Towhey
Jan 18, 2023
A federal watchdog will conduct a program-wide assessment of how regulators are pressuring poorly performing nursing homes and companies to clean up their act.
Feds: Nursing home owner pilfered $4M, skimped on Ida evacuation site
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Jessica R. Towhey
Jan 17, 2023
Federal officials Thursday accused a former Louisiana nursing home owner of funneling money from his facilities to use on a personal spending spree, rather than preparing an emergency evacuation site as...
After losing 11 nursing homes, providers beg lawmakers for major Medicaid hike
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Jessica R. Towhey
Jan 17, 2023
The closure of 11 nursing homes in Montana over the last two years has spurred some tough conversations and a $2.75 million study on Medicaid rates, but little action.
Consulate hit by Hive cyberattack, threatened with patient, staff data exposure
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Jessica R. Towhey
Jan 13, 2023
Hackers have hit a major nursing home chain, potentially exposing a significant amount of patient and staff data in a brazen extortion attempt.
AHCA battles ‘crisis’ with new long-term care job education campaign
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Jessica R. Towhey
Jan 12, 2023
Nursing homes’ largest advocacy group on Wednesday launched a national campaign to boost hiring in the face of an unprecedented worker shortage that is curtailing capacity and threatening the ability...
Judge slaps injunction on Mariner Health over staffing, sex assault allegations
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Jessica R. Towhey
Jan 12, 2023
A California judge has ordered a chain of nursing homes in California to staff up to state-required levels and follow state and federal discharge rules.
Providers: ‘Serious’ access issue requires attention, financial commitment to match
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Jessica R. Towhey
Jan 11, 2023
Senior care industry representatives hope that dire staffing shortages that led to 11,000 seniors being denied admittance to facilities in Minnesota in a single month will be improved through a legislative...
Climate threats grow but many nursing homes don’t know: Yale
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Kimberly Marselas
Jessica R. Towhey
Jan 11, 2023
Two new studies on wildfire and hurricane-related flooding threats to nursing homes demonstrate a need to bolster emergency preparedness in a sector where many leaders may be unaware of evolving weather-related...
Court: Refusal to readmit patient after hospital psych evaluation is an ‘involuntary transfer’
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Jessica R. Towhey
Jan 10, 2023
A California Superior Court judge ruled that a state nursing home illegally evicted a resident by refusing to re-admit a woman who had been transferred to a hospital for a psychological evaluation following...