LeadingAge unveils booster shot toolkit for providers … Georgia Supreme Court sides with nursing home in arbitration case … California governor signs bills aimed at increasing financial transparency...
State Supreme Court temporarily halts mandatory H1N1 vaccine program for healthcare workers
Oct 20, 2009
The New York State Supreme Court has temporarily suspended a controversial rule that would require most healthcare workers to receive both the H1N1 and seasonal flu vaccines.
Court puts Golden Living back on hot seat over claims that provider used deceptive marketing practices
By
Marty Stempniak
Sep 27, 2018
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has given its blessing to a lawsuit against a major nursing home chain, alleging that it violated consumer protection laws by engaging in deceptive marketing practices.
Also in the News for Thursday, July 9
Jul 09, 2020
DC-based SNF permanently closes due to coronavirus pandemic … PPE shortages still being reported by healthcare providers … Florida wants more resources allocated to long-term care facilities during...
Supreme Court to take up home care wage case today
By
Haymarket Media
Apr 16, 2007
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments today in a home care case that could have implications for the nursing home community.
Also in the News for Monday, March 18
By
Marty Stempniak
Mar 18, 2019
Little Sisters of the Poor take birth control fight back to Supreme Court … Dementia-related deaths have more than tripled since 2000 … Nursing home funding hike a ‘huge boost,’ but not...
Also in the news for August 21, 2014 . . .
Aug 21, 2014
OH Supreme Court hears case of woman who transferred property then paid for nursing home through Medicaid … Nursing home video education project part of new $19 million round of NIH funding …...
Court rules against religious nonprofits in contraception mandate case
By
Tim Mullaney
Nov 17, 2014
Religiously affiliated employers have been given an appropriate method to opt out of providing contraception insurance coverage to their workers, a U.S. appeals court ruled Friday. The issue is of concern...
CMS is doing something right: Focusing on safety
By
Neville M. Bilimoria
Feb 18, 2022
On Feb. 9, 2022, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services sent a memo to state survey agency directors, asking state departments of public health to properly survey for certification requirements....
WV Supreme Court justice under scrutiny for potential conflict of interest in $40 million HCR ManorCare...
By
Tim Mullaney
Dec 04, 2014
Questions are swirling around the recent $40 million HCR ManorCare settlement in West Virginia, following an ABC News investigation into potentially improper ties between the plaintiffs’ attorney...