Nursing home 1, balky insurance company 0 after natural disaster
By
Jessica R. Towhey
May 02, 2023
An insurance company must pay for repairs and upgrades to a Florida nursing home after a federal judge ruled that the statute of limitations began when the state issued new regulations, not when the claim...
How an NRA is important in risk management
By
J. Matthew Queen
Mar 04, 2019
NRAs are relatively rare in the SNF industry, but the time has come. The industry needs new tactics to reduce the cost of risk.
Goodbye, Colbert . . . hello, flu
By
Tim Mullaney
Dec 23, 2014
In honor of Stephen Colbert’s recently ended run on Comedy Central, I’d like to address some “truthiness” I’ve recently spotted, which I believe could harm long-term care...
11 charged with allegedly falsifying records at Michigan veterans facility
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Jul 25, 2017
Eleven former employees of a Michigan veterans long-term care facility are facing charges alleging they falsified medical documents, officials announced Monday.
OIG looks to shame those who refuse to enter corporate integrity agreements
By
Marty Stempniak
Oct 01, 2018
Health & Human Services is looking to ratchet up public pressure on healthcare fraudsters who refuse to improve their corporate business practices after getting caught.
NY nursing home worker faces homicide charges after a resident was impaled
By
Tim Mullaney
Dec 16, 2014
A nursing home aide in New York allegedly got in a physical altercation with a resident, causing the latter to fall and fatally impale himself on part of a table, according to authorities. Cherrylee Young,...
Provider denies it worked a nurse to death, but will court agree?
By
James M. Berklan
Mar 12, 2014
Long-term care workers, particularly nurses, might complain or even joke about it: I’m being worked to death. But now a dead nurse’s family is testing such an assertion in court.
A call for clear, coordinated and manageable expectations of nursing homes
By
Howard L. Sollins
Apr 06, 2022
It falls to individual skilled nursing facilities and caregiving teams to create clear and coordinated expectations of nursing homes.
This unfavorable worker’s comp ruling is a real Croc
By
John O'Connor
May 13, 2013
We’re hearing a lot lately about mandatory drug testing in the workplace. It appears that the Tennessee Supreme Court might be a good place to put such a requirement in place. The state’s highest...
20% of Medicare patients harmed due to improper care; nursing homes among areas needing more attention,...
By
John Hall
May 29, 2014
Nearly one in five Medicare patients fall prey to medically related injuries unrelated to their underlying disease or condition, according to new research.