Illinois nursing home chain Aperion Care was fined $366,800 in 2019 for failing to correct serious deficiencies in care and safety of its residents, according to The Quad-City Times.
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Van Nuys, Calif.-based Care Center on Hazeltine was fined $13,640 after firing a nurse when she returned from maternity leave, the Los Angeles Daily News reports.
Patient satisfaction scores for nursing homes could eventually be included in Five Star Quality Ratings and on the Nursing Home Compare website, CMS told McKnight's Long-term Care News.
A patient recently died after contracting Legionnaires' disease at a nursing home in Rhode Island, reports the Providence Journal.
Toby Cosgrove, MD, former president and CEO of Cleveland Clinic, has joined home-based and post-acute care solutions provider CareCentrix as a strategic adviser.
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A case of Legionnaires' disease was confirmed at Pataskala (Ohio) Oaks Care Center Jan. 21, ABC affiliate WSYX reports.
State and city health officials are investigating three cases of Legionnaires' disease at two Chicago nursing homes.
A New York nursing home was cited but not fined by the state health department after maggots were found in the wound of an 89-year-old patient, according to The Buffalo News.
The family of an 84-year-old man who died after staying at Bridgeton, N.J.-based Cumberland Manor Nursing and Rehabilitation Center filed a lawsuit Dec. 30 accusing the nursing home of negligence, according to NBC News.
Six Connecticut nursing homes have been cited by the Department of Public Health for violating regulations, with fines totaling $30,481, according to Connecticut Health Investigative Team.