Long-term care operators who have applied for Phase 4 Provider Relief or rural COVID-19 relief payments won’t receive the awards until mid-December, after a distribution delay was announced by the Health...
Government seeks $39M forfeiture at Esformes sentencing this week
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Danielle Brown
Sep 10, 2019
Federal authorities want a $38.7 million forfeiture judgment against Philip Esformes at his sentencing hearing Thursday. He was recently convicted of running a record $1.3 B fraud scheme through his network...
Texas’ block of CMS vaccine mandate in jeopardy
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Danielle Brown
Jan 19, 2022
Texas nursing homes may soon have to join the rest of the nation in complying with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ healthcare worker COVID-19 vaccine mandate if an appeal by the administration...
Only 1 of Philadelphia’s 47 facilities has not complied with city’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate
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Danielle Brown
Nov 10, 2021
And then there was one. Just a single nursing home out of the 47 facilities located in Philadelphia has not yet complied with the city’s COVID-19 vaccination mandate for frontline workers.
Federal appeals court blocks ‘public charge’ rule that would have reduced immigrant seniors’ use...
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Danielle Brown
Jan 09, 2020
A New York federal appeals court this week blocked a federal rule that leading industry advocates warned could hurt immigrant seniors and limit their use of long-term care services.
Lawmakers question why nursing homes haven’t received more pandemic aid
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Danielle Brown
Jun 22, 2020
Two U.S. lawmakers want answers from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services regarding the funding distribution for nursing homes during the coronavirus public health crisis.
NY won’t release data from nursing home study that found employee spread was driver behind COVID-19...
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Danielle Brown
Jan 13, 2021
New York’s state health department is facing pressure to release facility survey data from a controversial nursing home study that found employee spread was the main force that led to a major COVID-19...
OSHA seeks $83K fine of SNF for allegedly failing to protect staff from coronavirus
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Danielle Brown
Oct 18, 2021
An Illinois skilled nursing facility could be hit with nearly $84,000 in penalties for allegedly failing to protect employees and other staff from COVID-19.
UPDATED: Healthcare worker vaccine mandate back on for 26 states
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Danielle Brown
Dec 16, 2021
Long-term care providers in 26 states will still have to comply with a federal COVID-19 vaccine mandate after a federal appeals court on Wednesday reversed a nationwide block against the rule.
Virginia facility pays $90k to settle lawsuit alleging it denied deaf resident admission over extra needs
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Danielle Brown
Apr 29, 2021
A Virginia skilled nursing provider accused of denying a resident admission because she was deaf has settled a federal disability lawsuit for $90,000, the Department of Justice announced this week.