Senators probe private-equity, long-term care insurance industries
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Haymarket Media
Oct 04, 2007
Spurred by a recent news account and association data, two senators are examining the conduct of two lucrative industries affiliated with long-term care: private equity and long-term care insurance.
The Louisiana nursing homeowners accused of 35 counts of negligent homicide in the wake of Hurricane Katrina have had their trial postponed four months to Aug. 13. Both the prosecution and defense lawyers...
Leavitt faces Democrat questioning on plan to cut Medicaid
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Haymarket Media
Feb 18, 2005
Democrats on the Senate Finance Committee this week pressured Health and Human Services Secretary Michael O. Leavitt for specifics of President Bush’s fiscal year 2006 budget proposal to trim $60...
After advising resident on 911 call, a CNA is fired and a nursing home gets sued
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Josh Henreckson
Nov 30, 2023
A certified nursing assistant has sued her former employer, saying she was wrongly fired for disputing a director of nursing’s orders not to help a resident call 911.
Illinois court upholds record $4.1 million award in nursing home stroke case
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Kimberly Marselas
Mar 29, 2018
An Illinois judge has upheld a jury ruling to award $4.1 million to the family of a nursing home resident who missed her anti-clotting medication, suffered a stroke — and died four years later.
104-day strike nets nursing home employees a 20-cent raise, health insurance concession
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Kimberly Marselas
Mar 16, 2018
Workers at Christian Care Home in Ferguson, MO, have approved a new labor contract that calls for across-the-board raises following a 104-day strike.
Shuttered Iowa SNF to pay $100,000 to resolve claims of ‘worthless’ care
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Feb 03, 2017
The owners of a Iowa nursing home that closed this week have agreed to pay $100,000 to settle allegations that the facility provided “grossly substandard” care to residents.
Good Samaritan sues Kansas over Medicaid application backlog
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Oct 04, 2016
The Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society has filed a lawsuit against one of Kansas’ top health officials, claiming the state’s Medicaid application backlog has put some of its residents...
Feds sue nursing home, chief executive for diverting millions in retirement funds
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Sep 22, 2016
The U.S. Department of Labor is suing a Connecticut nursing home and its chief financial officer, alleging that they funneled $4 million from the facility’s retirement plan to themselves and a religious...
Medical board fights back against telemedicine antitrust case
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Jun 27, 2016
A Texas medical agency recently urged a federal court to dismiss an antitrust lawsuit that could have wide-ranging effects on the booming telemedicine industry.