Two vet home leaders face COVID-19 criminal charges
By
Liza Berger
Nov 01, 2020
Two leaders of a veterans home where 76 patients died due to COVID-19 were indicted on criminal neglect charges in September, according to Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey. She believes the...
Law would levy fines over staff shortages
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Amy Novotney
Jul 17, 2019
Nursing home staff and administrators are cheering the Illinois governor’s signing of a bill that will penalize providers who understaff their facilities. State lawmakers passed legislation last month...
Short stay ends in $43 million settlement
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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.
SNF settles fraud, neglect suit for $28M
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Aug 06, 2016
A New York skilled nursing facility has agreed to pay $28 million and implement reforms to settle a lawsuit alleging fraud, neglect and criminal conduct by the facility’s owners and staff.
Employer consent not needed to bargain
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Sep 05, 2016
Unions seeking to represent bargaining units with both solely and jointly employed workers will no longer have to obtain consent from both employers, the National Labor Relations Board ruled in July.