Missouri — A suburban Kansas City nursing home is being accused of paying a female nurse less than two male nurses who performed the same jobs. The federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission...
State News for May 2016
May 04, 2016
KANSAS — Kansas nursing home operators will receive help paying for residents whose Medicaid applications or renewals are stuck in processing limbo, state agencies announced in late March.
State News for February 2015
Feb 01, 2015
MASSACHUSETTS — Thanks in part to the Affordable Care Act, the concept of palliative care has become more prominent in the national conversation about the end of life. Now these conversations are mandated...
State News for August 2014
Aug 01, 2014
KANSAS — The state no longer will publicly release survey results for nursing homes going through the informal dispute resolution process, the Department for Aging and Disability Services (KDADS) recently...
Gov. supports striking nursing home workers
Sep 01, 2012
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy (D) joined 700 striking nursing home workers after a National Labor Relations Board ruling found their employer violated labor laws.
Judge unmasks operators
Feb 02, 2020
The new operators of several new Golden Living nursing homes will be publicly known after a judge ordered the state of Pennsylvania to turn over the nursing home chain’s ownership records.
State News
Feb 01, 2014
MINNESOTA — Residents of rural long-term care facilities have been scrambling to find rides to medical appointments due to a change enacted by Blue Cross/Blue Shield.
Gov. supports striking nursing home workers
Sep 01, 2012
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy (D) joined 700 striking nursing home workers after a National Labor Relations Board ruling found their employer violated labor laws.
State News for November 2016
Nov 05, 2016
A Texas Health Care Association commissioned report says the blame for what it calls historic employee turnover rates and more at-risk seniors lays squarely on declining reimbursement.
State News
Jan 01, 2014
NEW JERSEY – Untold amounts of money have been pilfered from nursing home residents’ funds by those entrusted to protect them, and little government oversight exists to prevent it. This is...