Biden Administration Proposes Minimum Staffing Rule to Combat Nursing Home Malpractice

Biden Administration Proposes Minimum Staffing Rule to Combat Nursing Home Malpractice

Biden Administration Proposes Minimum Staffing Rule to Combat Nursing Home Malpractice The Biden administration has released a proposed rule requiring nursing homes to meet a minimum staffing level, a Washington Post article reports. The rule, said Secretary of Health...
Federal Trial Begins for Pennsylvania Nursing Home Owner and Administrators Charged with Falsifying Staffing Records

Federal Trial Begins for Pennsylvania Nursing Home Owner and Administrators Charged with Falsifying Staffing Records

Pennsylvania Nursing Home Owner and Administrators Charged with Falsifying Staffing Records: Federal Trial Begins:  Years of Medicaid and Medicare fraud has been alleged at Brighton Rehabilitation and Wellness and Mt. Lebanon Rehabilitation and Wellness, two...
Nursing Homes are Failing to Report Falls and Bedsores

Nursing Homes are Failing to Report Falls and Bedsores

Nursing Homes are Failing to Report Falls and Bedsores: A recent study shows that nursing homes are underreporting serious falls and bedsores, top indicators of nursing home malpractice. According to a U.S. News & World Report article, a study indicates that U.S....
Multiple Incidents of ‘Horrific’ Care Place Residents in Jeopardy at Iowa Nursing Home

Multiple Incidents of ‘Horrific’ Care Place Residents in Jeopardy at Iowa Nursing Home

‘Horrific’ Care Incidents Place Residents in Jeopardy at Iowa Nursing Home Numerous Times: Following a series of complaints of deficient care, the Genesis Senior Living nursing home in Iowa was cited for several federal and state citations related to nursing home...
Biden Administration Calls for Transparency in Nursing Home Ownership and Operation

Biden Administration Calls for Transparency in Nursing Home Ownership and Operation

Biden Administration Calls for Transparency in Nursing Home Ownership and Operation: Research reveals that for-profit and private equity ownership of nursing homes is connected with increased nursing home malpractice and wrongful death. According to a USA Today...
Federal Government Targets Nursing Homes for Alleged Inappropriate Antipsychotic Drugs Use

Federal Government Targets Nursing Homes for Alleged Inappropriate Antipsychotic Drugs Use

Federal Government Targets Nursing Homes for Alleged Inappropriate Antipsychotic Drugs Use: CMS has announced it will conduct investigations into certain nursing homes in an effort to uncover illegitimate schizophrenia diagnoses and any accompanying inappropriate...