Health officials confirmed a respiratory outbreak at a second long-term care facility in Fairfax County, Va., reports ABC affiliate WJLA.
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While methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus cases have decreased steadily in Michigan-based nursing facilities from 2003 to 2016, the prevalence of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus, has nearly tripled, according to a study published in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology.
About 1 in 5 hospice programs participating in Medicare have had serious deficiencies that threaten patient safety, according to a two-part report released July 9 by HHS' Office of Inspector General.
Masonic Homes of Kentucky paid a patient's family $11 million in June 2019 to settle claims that one of their facilities had failed to give the patient life-saving antibiotics and then failed to report the oversight to authorities, possibly contributing…
RN staffing levels fall much lower than CMS standards in most nursing homes, according to a study published July 1 in Health Affairs.
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CMS fined a Buffalo, N.Y.-based nursing home $47,827 after staff members improperly administered insulin to a patient, reports The Buffalo News.
Nearly 400 nursing homes nationwide have a "persistent record of poor care" previously undisclosed to the public, according to a Senate report released June 3.