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DHEC's Director of Public Health

WEBThe South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) announced Dr. Brannon Traxler as the agency’s Director of Public Health. Dr. …

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Growing the Workforce

WEBThe Department of Health and Human Services announced awards of $100 million to grow the nursing workforce through career pipelines, additional faculty and …

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Build Back Better for Seniors

WEBBiden’s Build Back Better Act is currently undergoing an analysis by the Congressional Budget Office before heading to the Senate for passage. The law …

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Cost-Benefit Analysis

WEBNational health spending reached $4.5 trillion in 2022, or $13,493 per person. Spending for services provided at freestanding nursing homes and continuing …

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Problem of falls in nursing homes

WEBFalls in Nursing Homes. How big is the problem? In 2003, 1.5 million people 65 and older lived in nursing homes (National Center for Health Statistics 2005).

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Patient Safety: 54 Years of Progress … or Stasis

WEBMore than 400,000 U.S. citizens die from preventable medical errors each year. Only heart disease and cancer kill more Americans. In Dr. Rothfield’s thought …

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Prisma Racial Discrimination

WEBPrisma Racial Discrimination. Renee Alexander, a former Prisma Health employee, is suing the health system alleging racial discrimination and retaliation. She …

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File a Complaint with DHEC

WEBHealth Facility Complaints. To file a complaint against a health facility or service regulated by DHEC, submit the Health Facility Complaint Form. If you are …

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Unnecessary Amputation

WEBUnnecessary Amputation. NBC News reported the bizarre case in Wisconsin. Nurse Mary K. Brown removed the right foot of a resident at Spring Valley …

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Are we getting value

WEBThe United States spends an average of about $13,000 per person every year on health care. Nearly 70% of seniors will need long-term care services as they …

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Discovery of employee personnel files

WEBIn the seminal case of Alterra Health Care Corp. v. Shelley, the Court held that an assisted living facility lacked standing to deny a discovery request of personnel …

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Sava's Chief Medical Director

WEBSkilled Nursing News spoke on March 22 with Dr. Sunil Pandya and Annaliese Impink. Pandya is the chief medical director of Atlanta-based SavaSeniorCare …

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Wall Street And Nursing Homes

WEBIt was purchased along with 48 other nursing homes in 2002 by Wall Street Investors including Warburg Pincus and The Carlyle Group. The Carlyle Group bought …

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HCR ManorCare = ProMedica SeniorCare

WEBHCR ManorCare. ProMedica is rebranding the nursing home chain. ProMedica acquired the operations of HCR ManorCare in 2018. The chain was owned …

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"The Killer Nurse"

WEBPennsylvania’s Sunnyview Health and Rehab is the latest nursing facility with links to Heather Pressdee, known as “The Killer Nurse.”Pressdee, a registered …

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Covid Whistleblower

WEBThe facility was the site of a deadly COVID-19 outbreak last year. Peoples said the facility ordered its caregivers to violate safety regulations to prevent the spread …

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Personal Injury Lawyers

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Will Vaccine be Unsafe

WEBThe Trump administration is desperately rushing to market an unproven (and possibly unsafe) vaccine for October to help Trump’s reelection.

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ReNew Health Group

WEBThere have been many cases of neglect and abuse with citations of “immediate jeopardies” for ReNew Health Group. A total of at least 128 federal …

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