CMS suspends surveys, allows providers to exceed bed capacity in states hit by Hurricane Harvey
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Sep 06, 2017
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is extending some flexibilities for Medicare providers in Texas and Louisiana in the wake of Hurricane Harvey, Administrator Seema Verma said on Saturday.
Harvey evacuation leads residents’ families to take legal action against SNF, administrator
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Sep 13, 2017
Relatives of residents of a Texas nursing facility whose volunteer-led Hurricane Harvey evacuation made headlines are taking legal action against the provider.
Volunteer threatened SNF administrator with gun during Harvey evacuation
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Oct 03, 2017
One of the volunteers involved in the controversial evacuation of a Texas nursing home following Hurricane Harvey pulled a gun on the facility’s administrator after he resisted their help, according...
Nursing home staff were physically restrained as rogue volunteers ‘forcibly evacuated’ residents...
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Sep 11, 2017
A Texas nursing home at the center of a volunteer-run evacuation that was broadcasted live during news coverage of Hurricane Harvey is speaking out to clear up media “misinformation” about...