Nursing staff spend all year accumulating vacation time and then they all want to use it during the final two months of the year. I cannot honor everyone’s request, or I won’t have any staff...
Government reopens investigation on Medicare advertisements
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Haymarket Media
Mar 17, 2004
The General Accounting Office has reopened its investigation into the Department of Health and Human Services’ promotion of the new Medicare reform law amid news reports that the agency sent out...
McKnight’s Tech Awards deadline extended to July 31
Jul 21, 2015
Providers now have until Friday, July 31 to submit their entry to the 4th Annual McKnight’s Excellence in Technology Awards.
Senate committee kicks off investigation into nursing home emergency preparedness rules
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Oct 19, 2017
The Senate Finance Committee will be scrutinizing the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ upcoming emergency preparedness rules for nursing homes in light of recent hurricanes, committee leaders...
Deadline for 2015 McKnight’s Tech Awards extended until July 31
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Holly Petrovich
Jul 13, 2015
The deadline to participate in the 4th Annual McKnight’s Excellence in Technology Awards has been extended to the end of this month.
Social services director charged with stealing $400,000 from nursing home residents
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May 24, 2017
The former social services director for a Louisiana nursing home has been arrested and charged with stealing nearly $400,000 from residents between 2012 and 2016.
Brookdale settles with EEOC for $112,000 in disability accommodation case
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Aug 19, 2015
A Denver senior living provider will pay $112,500 to settle a lawsuit that claims it failed to provide accommodations for, and subsequently fired, an employee with fibromyalgia.
Court clarifies HIPAA definition of ‘personal representative’ in ruling on Florida nursing...
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McKnight's Staff
Apr 11, 2013
Nursing home residents’ spouses and attorneys-in-fact do not necessarily meet the definition of “personal representatives” under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act,...
Judge invalidates state aid-in-dying law; appeal window is narrow
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Kimberly Marselas
May 17, 2018
A judge overturned California’s two-year-old aid-in-dying law on Tuesday, giving the state attorney general just five days to file an appeal.
CNA fired after reporting resident’s mistreatment claim, lawsuit says
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Dec 05, 2017
A former certified nursing assistant at an Illinois CCRC is suing her ex-employer, alleging that she was fired for reporting a resident’s mistreatment claim.