Top Democrats opposed to Obama administration position on Medicaid lawsuits
Aug 12, 2011
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) have parted ways with the Obama administration regarding the rights of Medicaid beneficiaries to sue their states...
Court strikes down law that punished nursing home staff who didn’t use resident’s preferred pronoun
By
Danielle Brown
Aug 03, 2021
California nursing home staffers will no longer be faced with potential jail time or thousands of dollars in fines if they intentionally misgender or fail to use a resident’s preferred name or pronouns,...
California healthcare union struggle continues, SEIU accused of using anti-union tactics
Jun 25, 2009
The battle appears to be raging on over representation of California’s healthcare workers. Recent reports indicate that as part of its strategy to win, the Service Employees International Union may...
NY’s Cuomo, NJ’s Murphy ignore request to explain controversial nursing home policies
By
Danielle Brown
Jun 22, 2020
Govs. Andrew Cuomo (D-NY) and Phil Murphy (D-NJ) have both refused a request from House GOP members asking them to explain their policies for nursing homes during the coronavirus pandemic.
California considers increasing number of nursing home inspections
By
Danielle Brown
Jun 04, 2021
Long-term care providers in California could be subject to more visits from inspectors as the state ponders changes to its nursing home inspection system.
Hot idea: Psychologists’ plea to neighbors results in truckloads of donations for nursing home residents
By
Danielle Brown
Jan 13, 2021
After noticing a nursing home resident shivering cold and crying during a session, California-based licensed psychologist Tracey Burrell, Ph.D., issued a call-to-action to nearby neighbors for blankets...
CMS allows troubled California facility to keep residents, restart Medicare, Medicaid participation
By
Joe Bush
Oct 14, 2022
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services granted a huge and problem-plagued nursing home in San Francisco a new lifeline this week.
Swelling Medicaid rolls have states, providers worried
By
John Hall
Feb 18, 2015
California’s Medicaid-eligible rolls are swelling as part of a nationwide expansion of the program under the Affordable Care Act, a finding that should give other states’ Medicaid agencies...
‘Unconscionable’: 300 nursing home inspectors still haven’t been tested for COVID-19 despite promise
By
Danielle Brown
Aug 28, 2020
California health officials have yet to test at least 60% of its nursing home inspectors for COVID-19 despite promises to do so from Gov. Gavin Newsom (D).
Rehab firm will pay $2M to resolve False Claims Act allegations involving 11 nursing homes
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jul 26, 2021
A California-based therapy company has agreed to pay $2 million to quash allegations that it overbilled for rehab services provided at 11 skilled nursing facilities.