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New Nursing Home Staffing Standards Announced By Biden Administration

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On April 22, 2024, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) announced that it had issued several new rules affecting Medicaid beneficiaries and skilled nursing facilities. Most important to skilled nursing...more

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5 Steps Nursing Homes Can Take to Address Pandemic Fallout and New Regulatory Hurdles

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Nursing homes care for one of the most vulnerable populations in the country, yet have borne the brunt of a harsh reality over the past two years and counting. Even while pandemic-related death rates decrease, staffing...more

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Arizona Strengthens Background Check Requirements for Nursing Home and Skilled Nursing Facility Employees

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On March 18, 2022, Arizona Governor Doug Ducey signed nineteen bills into law, including, most notably for nursing home and assisted living facility employers, Senate Bill (SB) 1242, which strengthens employee background...more

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Pandemic-Fueled Staffing Shortages Threaten Nursing Homes – 5 Ideas to Help Stem the Tide

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Nursing homes provide crucial services in our society. While caring for our vulnerable family members and friends, nursing homes (or “NHs”) themselves have become some of the most vulnerable businesses in this country, due in...more

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The Top 18 Workplace Law Stories from August 2021

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It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there have been an unprecedented number of changes for the past few years—and this past month...more

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50 State Update On Pending Legislation Pertaining To Employer-Mandated Vaccinations

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Per recent federal employment law guidance, private employers can generally require employees to get vaccinated for COVID-19 as long as they comply with federal employment laws that prohibit discrimination on the basis of...more

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Connecticut Codifies Nursing Home Daily Posting Requirements, Adds Requirement for Reinstatement after Retaliation

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On July 1, 2019, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont signed into law Public Act No. 19-89 “An Act Concerning Nursing Home Staffing Levels” (PA 19-89). PA 19-89 sets forth new state-level daily nurse staffing level disclosure...more

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Scottish Pines Rehabilitation & Nursing Center Sued by EEOC For Pregnancy Discrimination

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Laurinburg Nursing Home Refused to Accommodate and Fired Pregnant Nursing Assistants, Federal Agency Charges - CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Century Care of Laurinburg, Inc., doing business as Scottish Pines Rehabilitation & Nursing...more

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Catching Up With the Times: CMS Reforms Long-Term Care Facility Requirements Part III

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On October 4, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published the biggest overhaul to federal long-term care regulations since 1991, and impacted facilities can immediately take steps to ensure they’re prepared...more

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Granite Mesa Health Center Sued By EEOC for Disability Discrimination and Retaliation

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Nursing Home Fired a Certified Nurse Assistant When He Disclosed He Was HIV-Positive, Federal Agency Charged - AUSTIN, Texas - A nursing home violated federal law by discharging an employee who hesitated when ordered to...more

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[Event] Long-Term Care Conference - October 18th, Richmond, VA

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Williams Mullen's Long-Term Care Conference will provide health care executives with the latest information on how to mitigate professional liability and regulatory risks; manage employment law matters, including overtime,...more

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Wrongful discharge – alive and well in Oklahoma

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It’s been awhile since Oklahoma’s Supreme Court weighed in on the ability of fired employees to sue their employers for wrongful discharge. Now a vomiting nurse gets to take a shot at the nursing center that terminated his...more

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Pennsylvania Court Rules Background Screening Law Unconstitutional

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On December 30, 2015, the Commonwealth Court in Pennsylvania unanimously found the Older Adults Protective Services Act’s (the Act) lifetime prohibition on the ability of individuals with convictions to hold certain jobs in...more

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Ban on Hiring Health Care Workers with Criminal Histories Rejected by Pa. Appellate Court

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A Pennsylvania appellate court has ruled that health care providers providing older adult protective services (nursing homes, long term care facilities and home care agencies) are no longer prohibited from employing...more

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NLRB’s Joint Employer Ruling Threatens to Reorder Employment Relations in the Health Care Industry

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More than many other industries, the American health care system has a highly fragmented set of interlocking business relationships. Services are provided in an integrated network by a host of service providers who operate...more

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Christian Care Center of Johnson City to Pay $90,000 to Settle EEOC Disability Discrimination Suit

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Nursing Home Facility Fired Employee Because of HIV, Federal Agency Charged - JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. - Christian Care Center of Johnson City, Inc., a Johnson City-based nursing home facility, will pay $90,000 and furnish...more

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EEOC Sues Camden Place Health & Rehab, LLC for Disability Discrimination

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Nursing Home Failed to Provide Certified Nursing Assistant with Reasonable Accommodation and Discharged Her Because of Her Disability, Federal Agency Charges - GREENSBORO, N.C. - Camden Place Health & Rehab, LLC, a ...more

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