KCCI reported on a whistleblower’s wrongful termination lawsuit in Iowa. The facts are amazing and the situation tragic. In Pocahontas, Iowa, a whistleblower was fired from a nursing home after being told to “keep your mouth shut” regarding a resident’s death. The whistleblower, Tylenol Schultz, is suing the Fonda Specialty Care nursing home, Care Initiatives, and
FoxCarolina reported that a former office manager and bookkeeper at Silver Bluff in Canton, North Carolina, has been sentenced to prison in an embezzlement scheme. Amy Elizabeth Curry previously worked for a senior assisted living facility in western North Carolina, and during her tenure, she made more than 150 unauthorized bank transfers from the facility’s
Data published in the Nursing Home Staffing Q3 2024 report reveals that more than 90% of nursing homes across the United States are understaffed. Understaffing within a nursing home results in substandard quality of care and inadequate care levels for residents. The report shows that every state in the country, except Alaska and Oregon, reported
The Office of State Comptroller Medicaid Fraud division settled with three New Jersey nursing homes to pay Medicaid $2.1 million after reviews revealed serious understaffing in violation of legal requirements. The OSC’s Medicaid Fraud Division found that all three New Jersey nursing homes, Barnegat Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, Belle Care Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, and
A recent document titled “The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) 2026 Discretionary Budget Passback” was recently leaked from the White House. This “pre-decisional” document was released by Inside Medicine and included many other areas of focus related to nursing homes. This document outlines a budget for nursing home workforce development and the elimination of
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