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
Trump refused to answer a reporter’s question yesterday about whether Attorney General Pam Bondi told him he was in the sex trafficker’s files. However, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said in a podcast interview: “I’m for transparency. … We should put everything out there and let the people decide it. … I agree with the sentiment that
Newsweek had an article on Republicans blocking the release of Epstein files and the testimony of convicted sex trafficker and Epstein confidante, Ghislaine Maxwell. Republican lawmakers have blocked a move that could have forced President Trump‘s administration to release the files on the sex offender Jeffrey Epstein‘s death and investigation. All but South Carolina’s Ralph Norman of
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
McKnight’s reported on a new tool that will assist nursing homes in determining safe staffing levels based on the needs and condition of the residents. Nursing homes can use this measurement as they complete facility assessments to gain a better understanding of how the facility’s patients’ level of need aligns with staffing plans. Researchers propose
There have been at least 1,277 confirmed cases of measles in the U.S. in 2025, surpassing the previous record for most cases since the U.S. declared the disease eradicated in 2000—1,274 cases in 2019. Prior to this year, the U.S. had seen an annual average of about 180 cases per year since 2000. At least
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