A nursing staffing agency has been fined more than $260,000 for incorrectly paying workers and denying them overtime.
Iowa awards $13.5M to build healthcare career pipeline
By
Jessica R. Towhey
Apr 19, 2023
The pool for potential nursing home workers in Iowa just grew by more than 300, thanks to state grants created to build a healthcare career pipeline.
Plaintiffs’ lawyers gaining edge against nursing homes with staffing issues
By
Jessica R. Towhey
Mar 29, 2023
Plaintiff attorneys looking to jam up nursing homes now have a plethora of data points on which to base their cases, according to legal experts
Florida bill would narrow wrongful death lawsuits against nursing homes
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Jessica R. Towhey
Mar 09, 2023
Nursing home operators in Florida could see the prospects of wrongful death lawsuits slashed under legislation making its way through the House and Senate.
After 11 closed facilities, state’s nursing homes may be a big step closer to financial security
By
Jessica R. Towhey
Mar 07, 2023
Legislation to give Montana’s nursing homes a measure of financial security moved a step closer to becoming law last week.
Nursing home lawsuit: Management company diverted $1.8 million in COVID relief funds
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Jessica R. Towhey
Feb 24, 2023
Nursing homes can be attractive targets for prosecutors looking for COVID fraud, but aggressive enforcement policies may make it difficult for “good actors” to conduct business, legal observers cautioned...
Owner of collapsed Skyline chain close to plea agreement with federal prosecutors: report
By
Jessica R. Towhey
Feb 22, 2023
The former head of a nursing home empire that grew quickly and crumbled even more quickly is close to reaching a plea deal with federal prosecutors that would cover all pending criminal charges.
Lawmaker asks state to reconsider 2-bed per room rule to avert nursing home closures
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Jessica R. Towhey
Feb 16, 2023
A Massachusetts state representative wants to pause a pandemic-inspired rule limiting nursing homes to two beds per room for a year in the wake of four nursing homes on the western side of the state shuttering.
4 nursing homes close, citing state’s 2-beds-per-room limit
By
Jessica R. Towhey
Feb 10, 2023
Four more nursing homes in Massachusetts announced they will close, chased out of the state by a “reconfiguring” reform meant to improve the quality of care but possibly doing the opposite.
6 Iowa long-term care facilities put into receivership, transfers in motion
By
Jessica R. Towhey
Feb 01, 2023
Nursing home operators and advocates across the country are desperately asking for legislative and regulatory relief, but any help that may come will be too late for six long-term care facilities that...