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Solamed O2 sued Airgas USA in federal court, claiming it violated contract by “suspend(ing) delivery of oxygen to more than nine nursing home facilities across multiple states, leaving thousands of patients’ lives at risk.”
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SEC Sues Rabbi
The SEC sued Rabbi Zvi Feiner, Erez Baver and their company FNR Healthcare in federal court, claiming they raised more than $10 million to buy nursing homes, but sold properties without telling investors, failed to distribute the proceeds to investors and spent them on other projects and themselves.
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The California attorney general claims Santa Cruz Skilled Nursing dba Hearts & Hands Post Acute Care & Rehab Center and four other centers falsely report 5-star ratings, though within 2 years there were 123 violence assistance calls, 55 missing persons calls, 11 reports of sexual violence, 10 of elder abuse, and other problems, in Santa Cruz County Court.
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Police Detail Charges in Post-Hurricane Nursing Home Deaths
Four South Florida nursing home workers are facing aggravated manslaughter charges for the deaths of a dozen residents who perished under their care amid sweltering heat during a power outage caused by Hurricane Irma.
Read moreNinth Circuit Revives Nursing Home Dumping Suit
Elderly patients will get a second chance to sue California for failing to enforce laws that prevent nursing homes from dumping Medi-Cal patients to boost profits, the Ninth Circuit ruled Thursday.
Read moreWatchdog Finds Nursing Homes Aren’t Reporting Abuse
Nursing facilities in the U.S. did not report thousands of cases of potential neglect and abuse of elderly Medicare recipients, the Department of Health and Human Services’ inspector general said in an audit released Wednesday.
Read moreLong List of Troubled Nursing Homes Revealed by Senators
The federal government for years has kept under wraps the names of hundreds of nursing homes around the country found by inspectors to have serious ongoing health, safety or sanitary problems.
Read moreMichigan High Court Rejects Limit on Medicaid Eligibility
The Michigan Supreme Court ruled Thursday that nursing home residents cannot be automatically denied Medicaid benefits simply because they transferred assets to a trust benefiting their non-institutionalized spouse.
Read moreMichigan Justices Hear Dispute Over Medicaid Trusts
Attorneys for three Michigan residents receiving long-term care in nursing homes argued before the state’s highest court Tuesday that a spouse’s transfer of assets to a trust should not prevent them from receiving Medicaid benefits.
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An elderly, severely disabled woman who speaks Spanish claims in court that she was abused at Providence Extended Care, where she was denied food and told she could “lie in her own shit if she did not speak English.”
Read moreNurse Charged in Death of Former Trump Adviser’s Father
A nurse was charged Thursday with involuntary manslaughter, neglect and falsifying documents to make it appear she had performed required exams on President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser’s father before he died at a Philadelphia senior care facility last month.
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Nursing Home Sues to Restore Medicaid Funding Cut After Patient Deaths
The South Florida nursing home where 10 elderly patients died after Hurricane Irma knocked the air conditioning out for three days is now suing in a bid to restore its Medicaid funding.
Read moreCriminal Probe Under Way in Irma Nursing Home Deaths
A South Florida nursing home where eight residents died during a power outage from Hurricane Irma is blaming Florida Power & Light for the tragedy, claiming it failed to respond to reports of an impending medical emergency.
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Six Die in Florida Nursing Home That Lost Power Due to Hurricane Irma
Five people have died at a South Florida nursing home that lost power due to Hurricane Irma. Broward County Mayor Barbara Sharief said three of the deaths took place at the nursing home, while two others occurred as the residents were being transported to a hospital. Sharief said 120 residents of the Hollywood, Fla., facility have been evacuated due to intense heat.
Read moreAbuse in Nursing Homes Unreported Despite Law
More than 1 in 4 cases of possible sexual and physical abuse against nursing home patients apparently went unreported to police, says a government audit that faults Medicare for failing to enforce a federal law requiring immediate notification.
Read moreNursing Home Admin Testifies Against Indicted Philly Prosecutor
Testifying in the federal corruption trial of Philadelphia District Attorney R. Seth Williams, an administrator from the nursing home where the prosecutor installed his mother told jurors Tuesday that Williams reacted unusually to news of her mounting bills.
Read moreTreatment of Mom Dissected at Trial of Indicted Philly Prosecutor
PHILADELPHIA (CN) – Jurors weighing federal corruption charges against Philadelphia District Attorney R. Seth Williams heard testimony Wednesday about bills
Read moreCanadian Former Nurse to Plead Guilty to 8 Murder Charges
A former nurse accused of killing eight seniors in her care has told a Canadian judge that she intends to plead guilty to first-degree murder.
Read moreNursing Home Arbitration Agreements Upheld at High Court
In its latest backing of arbitration powers, the Supreme Court ruled Monday against the estates of nursing home residents whose children waived their right to sue.
Read moreCenter Accused of Dumping a Helpless Patient
Four days after a Northern California nursing home left a blind man with dementia and a seizure disorder at a hotel with a half-gallon of milk, instant noodles and Velveeta, and told him he could stay 30 days, he was dead, his estate claims in court.
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