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...
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: 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: City plans to seek compensation for burned out former nursing home
By
Elizabeth Newman
Jan 04, 2019
ILLINOIS — After volunteers spent days during the summer decorating windows at a vacant nursing home, the building burned in a December fire.
State News: Connecticut nursing home workers prepare for strike
By
Elizabeth Newman
May 01, 2019
As many as 2,500 employees at 20 nursing homes were on the brink of a strike that would begin May 1, according to local reports.