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Iowa nursing home patient found breathing hours after pronounced dead
An Alzheimer's care facility in Iowa pronounced a 66-year-old woman dead, but funeral home staff unzipped her body bag to find her gasping for air, NPR reported Feb. 4. -
CEO of 24 nursing homes charged with 12 counts of fraud, conspiracy
A Wisconsin indictment charged Kevin Breslin, CEO of Park Ridge, N.J.-based Atrium Health and Senior Living, with a scheme to defraud Medicare and Medicaid. -
2 Ohio skilled nursing facilities to close, affecting 187 workers
Aultman said Feb. 1 that it will cease operations at two skilled nursing facilities: the Transitional Care Center at Aultman Woodlawn in Canton, Ohio, and the Community Care Center at Aultman Alliance (Ohio) Community Hospital. -
Complex Patients, Complex Treatment: Benefits of Timely Discharge to LTACHs
As America’s hospitalized patients become increasingly complex, so does their treatment. Today, almost 30 percent of US adults have multiple chronic conditions [1]. -
Federal, state governments cracking down on nursing home payments to affiliated companies
A string of recent lawsuits uncover a trend of nursing home owners moving money into their own pockets through corporate arrangements that are widespread — and legal — in every state, NPR reported Jan. 31. -
128 nursing homes closed in 2022: Numbers by state
CMS reported 128 nursing homes have closed or merged in 2022, but the count is likely higher. -
Specialty care decreases once patients move into a nursing home: study
A study by researchers at Boston-based Harvard Medical School researchers found specialty care visits fell after patients moved into a nursing home. -
The housing crisis strands many with disabilities in nursing homes. A lawsuit wants to change that.
A federal class-action lawsuit intends to highlight and rectify how people with disabilities are being housed in nursing homes without proper resources or plans to transition them to appropriate settings, radio station GBH News reported Jan. 26. -
California nursing home hit with $30.9M verdict for elder abuse
A California nursing home was ordered to pay $30.9 million in damages in the wake of a resident's death. -
New standardized hand-off procedure reduced late medication administration by 77%
Detroit-based Wayne State University researchers found a standardized hand-off procedure between hospitals to skilled nursing facilities that improved communication and decreased late medication administration. -
UT Health hires Tracy Vinciguerra for CEO role
Tracy Vinciguerra was named CEO for UT Health East Texas Long-Term Acute Care and UT Health East Texas Rehabilitation Center, both in Tyler. -
Senators ask CMS to drop nursing home staffing mandates
A letter signed by a bipartisan group of 13 senators is asking CMS to halt its plan for staffing mandates, citing fears it will harm already struggling nursing homes. -
Former Arkansas nursing home operator hit with $8.4M judgment in resident's death
Former Arkansas nursing home operator Joseph Schwartz was hit with an $8.4 million judgment over the death of a resident, Arkansas Business reported Jan. 23. -
Nursing homes have worst job loss of any healthcare sector: 3 notes
An analysis of Bureau of Labor Statistics data found nursing homes have experienced the worst job loss of any healthcare sector. -
5 nursing home openings, closings
Here are five nursing homes opening and closing recently: -
1,300 nursing homes had a 75% COVID-19 infection rate: 9 notes
An HHS report released in January found that more than 1,000 nursing homes had a 75 percent or higher rate of infection during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. -
CMS takes steps to improve nursing home safety, transparency
The Biden-Harris administration and CMS are enacting new rules aimed at reducing the inappropriate use of antipsychotic medications and increasing transparency about nursing home citations to families. -
Missouri nursing home workers strike over claims of unequal pay, bed bugs
Employees at St. Louis-based Hillside Manor Healthcare and Rehab Center started striking Jan. 16 over alleged unequal pay, union-busting tactics and a bed bug infestation, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported Jan. 16. -
California nursing home chain forced into state oversight for understaffing, unreported sexual assaults
Atlanta-based Mariner Health Care, a nursing home chain with 19 skilled facilities in California, has been forced into state oversight after allegedly understaffing facilities, not reporting sexual assaults and improperly discharging patients, NBC affiliate KNTV reported Jan. 12. -
Nursing home owner Bob Dean sued again — now for misusing HUD funds
Nursing home owner Bob Dean, who recently settled a class-action lawsuit for $12.5 million, is being sued by the U.S. government for allegedly misallocating $4 million in Federal Housing Administration funds.
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