State shrugs off workforce shortage, starts staffing rule enforcement
By
Jessica R. Towhey
Jul 11, 2023
New York’s nursing home providers are at odds with the state regarding the severity of the workforce shortage as enforcement of the state’s staffing mandate began Monday.
It would be impossible to list all of the legislative wins Clif Porter II has achieved throughout his career.
County gets creative with federal funding to alleviate LTC staffing shortage
By
Jessica R. Towhey
Oct 16, 2023
A county in upstate New York will use $11 million in federal funds to expand two nursing workforce development programs to address staffing shortages in long-term care facilities.
Former AltaCare operator pleads guilty to obstructing collection of $9.5M in taxes
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Jessica R. Towhey
Sep 05, 2023
A former long-term care operator with a lengthy history of bilking Medicaid and Medicare has pleaded guilty to obstructing the federal government’s efforts to collect more than $9.5 million in taxes.
State’s new elder abuse training program adds another layer of oversight to LTC facilities
By
Jessica R. Towhey
Oct 17, 2023
A new law enforcement program will train officers and prosecutors to identify and investigate allegations of abuse, neglect or misconduct, increasing the scrutiny of Michigan’s nursing homes.
PharMerica neglected to tell consumers about data breach for 2 months: lawsuit
By
Jessica R. Towhey
Jul 19, 2023
One of the largest US pharmacy companies serving nursing homes failed to notify consumers of a data breach for more than two months, a class-action lawsuit claims.
Jamie Dlatt joined Legacy Healthcare in September 2008 as a facility administrator and quickly rose through the ranks to roles such as chief compliance officer and vice president of operations before strutting...
With every SNF already under scrutiny, federal task force aims to cut healthcare spending, eliminate...
By
Jessica R. Towhey
Aug 30, 2023
A new task force from the US House Budget Committee will look at how to reduce healthcare spending, including ways to modernize healthcare and support access to care.
13 years of CMS inaction on private-equity facility ownership ‘egregious’: Grassley
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Jessica R. Towhey
Mar 07, 2023
Thirteen years later, US Sen. Charles Grassley has reignited a push to get federal regulators to implement rules to require transparency at long-term care facilities backed by private equity.
Nursing homes out of compliance with state’s staffing minimums to be fined
By
Jessica R. Towhey
Jun 27, 2023
New Jersey nursing homes that violate the state’s staffing minimums could be fined up to $500 per violation under new regulations proposed by the Department of Health.