Members of Congress ratchet up pressure on nursing homes
By
James M. Berklan
Apr 03, 2018
Four influential Republican Congressmen sent a letter to federal regulators Tuesday, requesting sweeping answers about the agency’s oversight of nursing homes.
It is what it is until it isn’t
By
Kevin McMahon
Feb 02, 2015
I first heard, “it is what it is” from a tough-as-nails corporate nurse in a meeting held some 13 years ago. The reality was that we did not have a lot of room to negotiate the terms of whatever...
Close to 1,000 nursing home investigation complaints in LA open for more than 2 years, audit finds
By
Elizabeth Newman
Apr 09, 2014
A lack of oversight into nursing home investigations in Los Angeles County has caused a backlog of thousands of complaints, including 945 complaints that have been open for more than two years, according...
Charges against nursing home administrators go unanswered, report says
Aug 25, 2010
Complaints against nursing home administrators in Indiana are less likely to reach the Indiana State Board of Health Facility Administrators—that state’s nursing home regulatory body—than in...