BREAKING: CMS to mandate COVID vaccines for nursing home staff
By
Danielle Brown
Aug 18, 2021
Nursing homes participating in the Medicare and Medicaid programs will be required to have all staff vaccinated against COVID-19 in order to continue receiving federal funding for the programs.
BREAKING 2: It’s official: Nursing homes must vaccinate employees or lose Medicaid, Medicare funding
By
Danielle Brown
Aug 18, 2021
President Joe Biden announced late Wednesday afternoon that U.S. nursing homes must use workers vaccinated against COVID-19 or risk losing vital Medicare and Medicaid funding.
Nursing home residents targeted in $86M Medicare lab fraud scheme: DOJ
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Danielle Brown
Jul 09, 2021
Nursing homes and their residents were targeted in an alleged $86 million Medicare fraud scheme orchestrated by the owner of a Tennessee-based lab, federal authorities say.
Residents use flowers to bring joy to others
By
Danielle Brown
Mar 03, 2022
Though spring hasn’t officially sprung just yet, some Illinois long-term care residents are flowering others with joy.
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Long-term care provider fined record $27K for worker’s COVID-19 death
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Danielle Brown
Apr 27, 2021
The death of a frontline worker led the Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry to levy a $27,100 fine for workplace safety violations on the man’s former long-term care employer.