Abuse and neglect

The ongoing debate about staffing requirements in nursing homes took an even more bizarre twist on Thursday.

A law that required New York nursing homes to report injuries and abuse to county officials twice a year has been ruled unlawful by the New York Supreme Court this week.

During the height of the pandemic, annual surveys of skilled nursing facilities understandably skidded to a stop. Flash forward to August 2020, when the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services directed...

The California Supreme Court is reviewing a jury award of $95,500 against HCR ManorCare as it debates the correct penalty amounts for alleged health and safety violations.

A federal agency’s “early alert” on cases of potential abuse in nursing homes was spotlighted in its semiannual report to Congress on Thursday. The alert came from the Department of Health...

Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) urged the Department of Health and Human Services on Friday to divulge information on nursing home abuse, following a scathing federal report that found more than a quarter of potential...

Only about half of nursing facilities correctly reported abuse or neglect allegations in 2012, indicating that the government needs to provide more guidance and oversight, according to a new report from...

Medicaid Fraud Control Units recovered about $10.3 million from nursing facilities in fiscal year 2013, according to an annual report issued Friday. Civil fraud settlements and judgments accounted for...