Justice Department summit aims to strengthen nursing home investigations
By
Josh Henreckson
Feb 08, 2024
A two-day summit of law enforcement leaders from federal, state and local levels is intent on strengthening investigations into elder abuse and fraud, including oversight of nursing homes.
25 nursing homes swept up in wage-withholding investigation
By
Josh Henreckson
Jan 11, 2024
The US Department of Labor has filed a complaint against the operator of 25 Massachusetts nursing homes, alleging that it systematically withheld break and overtime pay at those facilities in violation...
Also in the News for Thursday, Jan. 4, 2024
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jan 04, 2024
New owners seek to convert Maine county’s last nursing home to assisted living, as Massachusetts health system swaps in hospital beds for SNF beds … Resident still missing after St. Louis nursing home’s...
Investigations into healthcare COVID relief heat up
By
Joe Bush
Oct 21, 2022
After several Provider Relief Reporting periods, the government is holding true to its word and ramping up audit and investigation activities.
After awarding COVID bonuses, operator hit by $120,000 back-pay order
By
Joe Bush
Sep 27, 2022
A Detroit-area long-term care provider that offered bonuses for perfect attendance and working COVID wards recently found itself in hot water over an accounting technicality.
House report attacks, nursing homes fight back over allegations of deficient staffing, care and safe...
By
James M. Berklan
Sep 22, 2022
Congressional investigators pinned for-profit skilled nursing operators into a corner Wednesday, releasing a scathing report describing “dire” conditions caused by alleged lack of preparation and mismanagement...
Owners of nearly half of Indiana’s nursing homes sued over refusal to share financial information
By
Kimberly Marselas
Aug 11, 2022
A new lawsuit alleges that eight Indiana hospitals — owners of 250 of the state’s 527 nursing homes — are violating state open record laws by withholding information on extra public funding doled...
Clinical briefs for Monday, Nov. 22
By
Alicia Lasek
Nov 22, 2021
New COVID infections drop by 53% when people wear masks: large study finds … FDA investigating death of patient taking new Alzheimer’s drug Aduhelm … CDC probes massive college influenza outbreak...
Drug diversion, a series: How to deal with it
By
Norris Cunningham
Angela Rinehart
John Myers
Aug 23, 2021
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...
FDA calls for investigation into its approval of controversial Alzheimer’s drug
By
Alicia Lasek
Jul 12, 2021
The acting chief of the Food and Drug Administration has called for an investigation into the events leading up to the approval of Biogen’s brain plaque-clearing dementia drug aducanumab (Aduhelm).