Angela Rinehart

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has confirmed that the waivers initiated during the public health emergency related to the COVID-19 pandemic will be ending on May 11, 2023.  Most prominently,...

A host of lawsuits over the past two years involve nursing homes where patients or their estates allege that patients contracted COVID-19 due to the facilities’ negligence or failure to properly act.  ...

Historically, emergency preparedness programs in long-term care facilities have been less prioritized, with facilities understandably focusing on patient care and operations.  But with the pandemic...

President Joe Biden gave his State of the Union address on March 1, 2022. Markedly, he announced his intention to “set higher standards for nursing homes” to “make sure your loved ones get the care...

Remember the confusion over who was eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine and when? Remember the confusion over the COVID-19 vaccine mandates? Remember the confusion over the approval for the COVID-19 booster...

Talevski v. Health and Hospital Corporation, et al., has potentially far-reaching implications and could significantly increase the number of claims against nursing homes and the cost of such claims. 

Infection control penalties upheld against the facility with the first known COVID-19 outbreak reinforce need for implementation – not just policy.

While staffing shortages have plagued the long-term care industry for quite some time, the coronavirus pandemic has certainly shone a spotlight on the issue and worsened it.   At the start of...

By now, most can agree that going electronic is a necessity of doing business, especially in the health care setting.  Among other uses, electronic health records (“EHR”) often provide for the ability...

In the first part of this series, we discussed drug diversion: what it is, how to prevent it and how to spot it.  This column will focus on how to conduct drug diversion investigations.   When drug...