Watch: How Nursing Homes Put Friends and Families on the Hook for Residents’ Debts
Pursuing unpaid bills, nursing homes have been routinely suing not only residents but their friends and families, a review of ...
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Scam Promising Government Funds Defrauds Elderly Victims of $486,000
A 35-year old Maryland man has been found guilty of schemes targeting the elderly. He defrauded 13 seniors of nearly ...
Medicaid Weighs Attaching Strings to Nursing Home Payments to Improve Patient Care
The Biden administration is considering a requirement that the nation’s 15,500 nursing homes spend most of their payments from Medicaid ...
After the Pandemic Hit Nursing Homes Hard, California Lawmakers Push to Tighten Licensing Rules
Some California lawmakers want to ban people or entities from buying or operating nursing homes unless they have a license ...
To Families’ Dismay, Biden Nursing Home Reform Doesn’t View Them as Essential Caregivers
White House reforms don’t address residents’ rights to have contact with informal caregivers — family members and friends who provide ...
Biden Pledges Better Nursing Home Care, but He Likely Won’t Fast-Track It
The White House this week said CMS will first study the issue of nursing home staffing and then propose minimum ...
Biden’s Promise of Better Nursing Home Care Will Require Many More Workers
The Biden administration's proposed overhaul of the nursing care industry faces a challenge: mandating adequate staffing levels for all homes without bankrupting ...
At Nursing Homes, Long Waits for Results Render Covid Tests ‘Useless’
More nursing homes are waiting longer for covid-19 test results for residents and staffers, according to federal data, making the ...
In California Nursing Homes, Omicron Is Bad, but So Is the Isolation
The omicron surge has created staffing shortages as nurses and aides call in sick, and the strict testing requirements have ...
Medicare Patients Win the Right to Appeal Gap in Nursing Home Coverage
A three-judge federal appeals court panel in Connecticut has likely ended an 11-year fight against a frustrating and confusing rule ...