Provider to pay $376,000 for hiring ineligible employees
By
James M. Berklan
Jan 03, 2011
In a case that is sure to fuel the push for more extensive nursing home employee background checks, an Indiana provider has been slapped with $376,000 in penalties for employing seven individuals who either...
CMS gets stronger on same-sex couples
By
James M. Berklan
Jan 01, 2015
Long-term care providers that don’t recognize same-sex marriages would be endangering their ability to take part in the Medicare and Medicaid programs, the federal agency overseeing the programs...
Short stay ends in $43 million settlement
By
James M. Berklan
Jan 03, 2011
A Kentucky jury handed a local nursing home operator a $43 million settlement bill in connection with a lawsuit alleging that a 92-year-old resident died of neglect after just nine days at the facility.
Nurse sues facility over live hostage drill
By
James M. Berklan
Sep 01, 2014
A nurse who said she was not warned that she would be threatened and “taken hostage” by a gunman during an emergency preparedness drill is suing her former Colorado nursing home employer for...
Alzheimer’s spousal sex case has fallout
By
James M. Berklan
Jun 05, 2015
The case of a 78-year-old retired lawmaker who was prosecuted for alleged sexual abuse of his Alzheimer’s-afflicted wife highlights a need for nursing homes to have clearer policies on sex and intimacy,...