The Louisiana bill moving through Congress is what critics call the “BobDean Protection Act.” Senate Bill 134 redefines “healthcare” and redefines “healthcare” to cover administrative decisions made by nursing homes. Bob Dean – The owner of the nursing home, which packed hundreds of elderly and disabled residents into the warehouse where several people died, was protected by prosecutors. Not just an accident… something, even worse,” Presley said. “There's nothing to change that in SB 134.” Still, opponents like Coman argue that the bill creates more risks for vulnerable residents. “This encourages management companies to provide even less funding and nursing…
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SELMER, Tennessee (April 28, 2025) – West Tennessee Medical Group recently welcomed Sarabergman. Dr. Sarah Bergman will be joining the Primary Care Selmer team providing high quality care services to patients in William Eason, Amanda Nord, PA-C, Amanda Russell, FNP, Ashley Melvin, DNP, Kelly Fowler, NP, Scott Norris, FNP, and West Tennessee. Dr. Bergman completed his undergraduate studies from Sacred Heart University and earned a medical degree from William Carey University College of Osteopathic Medicine. She also completed her residency training at North Mississippi Medical Center.”I look forward to working and serving in communities across West Tennessee. I'm excited to…
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CARLTON, Minnesota (Northern News Now) – Part of Governor Waltz's proposal budget will result in significant cuts in funding for nursing home facilities, including Carlton's interfaith care centers.The facility will incur a loss of $2.3 million over the next four years.Minnesota nursing facilities will reimburse care costs, including the supply and pay of nursing staff who care for seniors.”It's not like the governor cuts senior funds for those people, that's not fair,” said Tara Adkins, the administrator of the interface.Adkins said the 2% increase in the rate for governor Waltz on these costs would not be able to provide competitive…
It sounds like a modern take on a dystopian doctoral thesis: studying the physical and psychological effects of rapid, repeated and unexplained downgrading of key infrastructure on the lives of those responsible for maintaining it and those whose lives depend on it.But for the Pennsylvanians in the health and research space experiencing the real-time effects of Trump 2.0, they’re feeling less like lab rats and more like deer in headlights. Since President Donald Trump took office in January, the Department of Government Efficiency, headed by Republican megadonor Elon Musk, has indiscriminately fired more than 120,000 workers while downsizing and dismantling federal…
Midwives are “sick of admiring the problem” in maternity and, instead, want to see continued action to improve the system in which they are working, a top representative of the profession has said. Gill Walton, chief midwife, chief executive and general secretary of the Royal College of Midwives (RCM), told Nursing Times about the biggest challenges facing the midwifery workforce, and where and how she would like things to change most. “We’re good at admiring the problem but, actually, we really want solutions” Gill Walton Ms Walton, who has led the RCM since 2017, aired frustration and hope about the…
Minneapolis (FOX 9) – According to hundreds of complaints reviewed by Fox 9 investigators, Minnesotan, who used long-term care insurance to plan payments for nursing homes and other long-term care, has instead faced patterns of delays, denials and inappropriate communication. Hundreds of complaints against insurance company Transamerica Why should you care: Tens of thousands of Minnesotans purchased long-term care insurance in the 1990s and 2000s. The attractive benefits were provided through several of the state's largest companies, including 3M, Wells Fargo and Mayo Clinic. It was also provided through county and state employees and teachers' unions. Carol and her husband…
By Gale SmithI am a lifelong New Jersey resident and currently live in a nursing home in Somerset County. This was by no means a plan. I grew up in Morris County, owned a Middlesex County home for 20 years and raised two wonderful sons. For most of these years I was a single parent who worked as a law secretary and the rest of my time as an administrative assistant.At 46, I was disabled due to neck and back issues and carpal tunnel syndrome. I lived on my own until four years ago, when I was 64 years old…
The major insurance company has argued in federal court that it does not have to pay a settlement that includes one of its client nursing homes because the manager did not obtain an insurance company sign-off during negotiations. Nightingale Healthcare's Arlington Health and Rehabilitation were sued in county court for negligence by Donald Stirlings, resulting in a nearly $3.3 million ju-appointment ruling against Nightingale and its administrative department. However, following that verdict, Nightingale negotiated a settlement, perhaps in an effort to avoid a more legitimate conflict and lower its financial obligations. The National Fire & Marine Insurance Company and its…
The first lawsuit brought by a group of residents of a Maryland nursing home could be advanced by a district court judge, and residents' complaints felt “sufficient to meet the requirements of position.” The Maryland U.S. District Court has denied the state Department of Health's attempt to dismiss the case. Nursing home residents violated lesser known federal laws by claiming that state officials violated the Disability Act and lesser known federal laws, and by not holding nursing homes liable through daily surveillance. Court documents released Tuesday explain the conditions plaintiffs faced after the facility went for years without inspection. “The…