Genesis nursing home agrees to $75,000 settlement over charges of discriminating against a deaf worker
By
Tim Mullaney
Sep 10, 2014
A New Jersey nursing home has agreed to a $75,000 settlement to resolve charges that it discriminated against a potential employee because of his deafness, federal authorities announced Monday.
Genesis nursing home illegally reneged on job offer to deaf applicant, government charges
By
Tim Mullaney
Jan 23, 2014
Managers at a New Jersey nursing home owned by Genesis HealthCare withdrew a job offer to a qualified applicant because he is deaf, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is charging in a lawsuit...
Nursing home to pay $370,000 to settle charges it asked for family history information in the hiring...
By
Tim Mullaney
Jan 15, 2014
A nursing home that now is out of business has agreed to a $370,000 settlement in an employment discrimination suit, which included charges that it asked for genetic information as part of the hiring process,...
Pharma company Teva to pay $27 million over charges of kickbacks to promote dangerous antipsychotic
By
Tim Mullaney
Mar 12, 2014
Teva Pharmaceuticals and subsidiary IVAX LLC have agreed to a $27.6 million settlement over charges that they paid kickbacks to a psychiatrist for putting nursing home residents on the antipsychotic drug...
Test could confirm sepsis within an hour
By
Tim Mullaney
Oct 24, 2014
Nursing home residents might benefit from a new way of diagnosing and treating sepsis made possible by discoveries out of the University of British Columbia.