Attorney General Letitia James (won a preliminary injunction that requires a nursing home company accused of committing more than $83 million in Medicare and Medicaid fraud to pay for an independent financial...
‘Scary’ SNF closure trend
Jan 05, 2020
Nebraska — The closure of more than a dozen nursing homes throughout the state of Nebraska in 2019 is causing an “economic ripple effect” on nearby towns, according to community members.
Generator rules being met
Nov 14, 2019
Florida — Most Florida nursing homes have now installed either permanent or temporary generators to comply with a new law, according to the head of Florida’s Agency for Health Care Administration....
72 SNFs safely evacuated
Oct 18, 2019
FLORIDA —The state of Florida evacuated 72 nursing homes and assisted living facilities in late August in an effort to keep residents safe from Hurricane Dorian. Just four of the long-term care...
State News: Media series zeroes in on alleged staffing problems as industry decries possible staffing...
By
Elizabeth Newman
Nov 02, 2018
KENTUCKY — Several state lawmakers have called for public hearings on nursing home staffing after an investigative series appeared in the Lexington Herald-Leader in late September lambasting the state’s...
State News: October 2018
By
Elizabeth Newman
Oct 25, 2018
Vegan meals may not be everyone’s cup of tea, but a proposed law would require healthcare facilities to make them available.
State News for October 2017
Oct 06, 2017
At least nine residents of a Florida nursing home died after their facility lost air conditioning following Hurricane Irma, authorities said in mid-September.
State News for November 2016
Nov 05, 2016
A Texas Health Care Association commissioned report says the blame for what it calls historic employee turnover rates and more at-risk seniors lays squarely on declining reimbursement.
State News for October 2016
Oct 01, 2016
Louisiana’s long-term care community was not unscathed from flooding that hit in mid-August, leaving thousands homeless and wreaking the worst damage in the country since Hurricane Sandy in 2012.
State News for March 2016
Mar 04, 2016
HAWAII — Hawaii legislators were slated at press time to introduce a bill that would create the first universal long-term care insurance program in the country.