The North Dakota Monitor reported the critical need for safe staffing levels. The Biden administration’s newly implemented staffing standards for nursing homes mark a long-overdue effort to address systemic neglect in the industry. These standards require at least 0.55 hours (33 minutes) of RN care per resident per day and 2.45 hours (2 hours and
The Advocate had a good article on the lawsuit filed after video evidence showed a resident was physically, verbally, and sexually assaulted at her nursing home. Dana Verdugo sued Madison de Lafayette nursing home on behalf of her mother after she became aware of this alleged abuse. Lafayette Parish Sheriff’s investigator informed her of a video
A researcher from the University of Texas found a pattern of poor health outcomes in skilled nursing facilities that fraudulently overbilled Medicare. The paper, “Overbilling and Killing? An Examination of the Skilled Nursing Industry,” revealed how patients at fraudulent Skilled Nursing Facilities suffered worse health outcomes because those facilities sought to increase revenue rather than
Joseph Schwartz of New York pled guilty to a $38.9 million employment tax fraud scheme within a nursing home. Schwartz admitted that he failed to send payroll taxes to the Internal Revenue Service, and that he failed to file an annual financial report with the U.S Department of Labor for the 401(k) benefit plan of
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