A nursing staffing agency has been fined more than $260,000 for incorrectly paying workers and denying them overtime.
Genesis facilitates Sun set with multimillion dollar deal
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Elizabeth Newman
Aug 01, 2012
Genesis HealthCare agreed in June to purchase rival Sun Healthcare Group in a transaction that should close the second half of 2012.
Feds acknowledge ‘large gaps’ in HIPAA regulation of health apps, wearable tech
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Jul 21, 2016
The rise of health-focused mobile applications, websites and wearable technologies has left gaps in regulations meant to protect consumers’ data, according to a long-awaited federal report.
LPN arrested for falsifying test records about resident’s fall death
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May 17, 2016
A former licensed practical nurse at a Louisiana veterans nursing home was arrested Monday on charges that she falsified records about a resident’s death following a fall.
PharMerica, Kindred settle in Amgen kickback lawsuit
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John Hall
Aug 24, 2015
PharMerica Corp. and Kindred Healthcare have agreed in principle to out-of-court settlements in a whistleblower suit that implicated the companies in alleged massive kickback schemes involving a popular...
Twice-weekly strength-based activity can help delay muscle decline
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Alicia Lasek
Sep 09, 2019
Strength-based activity helps older adults delay the muscle decline that sets in after age 50 and supports functional independence, say British experts.
Study: Falls rate nearly 50% for U.S. seniors with dementia; 3 factors raise risk
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Alicia Lasek
Jan 13, 2023
Nearly half of American seniors with dementia had one or more falls in the preceding year, according to a new analysis of 2016 data. Risk factors differed between seniors with and without dementia, investigators...
Use of deauthorized COVID antibody treatments widespread in early 2022: study
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Alicia Lasek
Sep 01, 2022
Some U.S. clinicians continued to rely on two monoclonal antibody treatments for COVID after they were deauthorized by the FDA, researchers report.
Vaccines highly effective against severe omicron illness, CDC research assures
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Alicia Lasek
Mar 22, 2022
Two or three COVID-19 vaccine doses provided 90% protection against invasive mechanical ventilation or in-hospital death during both the delta and omicron periods, according to new CDC data.
Association offers blueprint for how LTC leaders can make federal staff vaccine policy work
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Danielle Brown
Aug 23, 2021
Long-term care facility leaders’ response to President Joe Biden’s new vaccination order will help determine how staff react to the new mandate. Therefore, remaining calm and communicating well...