Idaho — The leader of Idaho’s Medicaid division has proposed a temporary cut in hospital and nursing home reimbursements following the governor’s request that all state agencies cut 1% from their...
DOH sets aside money
By
Elizabeth Newman
Jul 17, 2019
NEW YORK — The state’s Department of Health has allocated $27 million for a nonprofit to help nursing home residents transition to a community. A request for proposals is out, asking for a way...
State News for February 2018
Feb 08, 2018
INDIANA State seeks to boost nurse faculty numbers A proposed state bill seeks to attract and retain nursing faculty by offering grants of up to $5,000 a year, with a lifetime maximum of $25,000, to eligible...
Judge unmasks operators
Feb 02, 2020
The new operators of several new Golden Living nursing homes will be publicly known after a judge ordered the state of Pennsylvania to turn over the nursing home chain’s ownership records.
Aid-in-dying bill passed
By
Elizabeth Newman
Jul 17, 2019
NEW YORK — Aid-in-dying advocates pressured the state Legislature to pass a medical bill after similar measures passed in Maine and New Jersey in the last two months. “Terminally ill New Yorkers...
Asymptomatic staff may work, guidance says
Feb 01, 2021
Oklahoma – Providers in the state have been skeptical of a new measure that allows healthcare staff members to continue working in long-term care facilities and hospitals if they have COVID-19 and...
State News for October 2015
Oct 05, 2015
West Virginia — West Virginia has begun requiring a comprehensive background check program for long-term care employees. All skilled nursing providers will be required to use the program by the beginning...
State News for May 2018
May 08, 2018
WEST VIRGINIA Governor vetoes bill widening CNAs’ medication role West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice (R) has vetoed a bill that would have allowed certified nursing assistants with special training to...
State News: Former LPN charged in rape of vegetative nursing home resident who later gave birth to boy
By
Elizabeth Newman
Feb 05, 2019
ARIZONA — Authorities have charged Nathan Sutherland, 36, a licensed practical nurse, with sexual assault and abuse related to a case where a resident gave birth in December.
State News for June 2018
Jun 08, 2018
CALIFORNIA Judge invalidates Golden State’s aid-in-dying law A judge overturned California’s two-year-old aid-in-dying law in mid-May, and gave the state’s attorney general just five...