Long-term care industry needs to raise the bar for onboarding: survey … Lawmakers embrace bill prohibiting LTC owners or staff from becoming guardians of residents … Change Healthcare facing at least...
‘Whistleblower’ owes landmark $1.1M to nursing home for groundless False Claims case
By
Kimberly Marselas
Mar 20, 2024
A judge has awarded a landmark $1.1 million in attorney fees to a nursing home targeted in a False Claims case found “frivolous” for its reliance on publicly available and false information.
Also in the News for Monday, March 18, 2024
By
Kimberly Marselas
Mar 18, 2024
Senators challenge HHS leader on funding for nursing home staffing mandate … NIC releases industry sentiment measure … OIG adds audits of nursing home falls reporting, drug overdoses to work plan...
Also in the News for Wednesday, July 6
By
Danielle Brown
Jul 06, 2022
Long-haul COVID less likely in fully vaccinated healthcare workers … Black, younger nursing home residents more likely to have repeat hospital transfers: study … Controversial nursing home policy becoming...
Also in the News for Friday, May 13
By
Danielle Brown
May 13, 2022
OIG: CMS must better help states fully implement national background check program for LTC providers … State ombudsmen failed to visit most long-term care facilities prior to COVID-19 pandemic, audit...
Also in the News for Tuesday, Feb. 1
By
Danielle Brown
Feb 01, 2022
Feds provide more guidance on Phase 4 relief funding … FDA fully approves Moderna COVID-19 vaccine … Former NY health commissioner confirms COVID-19 nursing home deaths were 49% higher than what they...
Also in the News for Wednesday, Jan. 12
By
Amy Novotney
Jan 12, 2022
Nursing home visitors in Rhode Island must now be fully vaccinated or test negative for COVID … Frist named CEO at naviHealth … Medicare proposes controversial Alzheimer’s drug coverage only for...
Also in the News for Friday, Jan. 7
Jan 07, 2022
White House, CDC: No plans to change meaning of ‘fully vaccinated’ … Nurses unions sue Biden over withdrawn COVID-19 protections … National Guard headed to nursing home with tragic COVID...