Tort Immunity Effect On Nursing Home Staffing
August 15, 2026
A study entitled Tort Immunity and Nursing Home Staffing published online on June 1, 2026 investigated the association between nursing home staffing and laws adopted during the COVID-19 pandemic that immunized nursing homes from tort liability for patient harms. “To assess the consequences of [...]
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45% Of Nursing Home Staff Turnover Is Unreported
July 9, 2026
In 2022, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) incorporated annual turnover into Five-Star Ratings but adopted a definition excluding staff below a 120-hour-in-90-days threshold. By 2022-2023, 45% of nursing hires were excluded under CMS’s definition of turnover and therefore [...]
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$12.5M Ohio Nursing Home Wrongful Death Verdict
June 15, 2026
A Butler County, Ohio nursing home wrongful death jury awarded the family of an 83-year-old resident of Chesterwood Village nursing home $12.5 million for the wrongful death of the resident from injuries she suffered as a result of a fall and being dropped by nursing home staff. According to the fam[...]
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Defense Verdict In Virginia Nursing Home Pressure Ulcer Case
October 15, 2023
On July 7, 2023, after a five-day trial and three and a half hours of jury deliberations, a Virginia medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of the defendants in a Virginia medical malpractice case in which the plaintiff alleged that the defendants negligently failed to prevent a nurs[...]
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Could Nursing Homes Meet Increased Staffing Requirements?
September 16, 2023
KFF (formerly known as The Kaiser Family Foundation) recently analyzed the percentage and characteristics of long-term care facilities (nursing homes) that would meet higher levels of nursing staff, if required under Medicare and Medicaid, and found “virtually all nursing facilities meet curre[...]
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HHS Proposes Minimum Staffing Standards For Nursing Homes
September 2, 2023
HHS Proposes Minimum Staffing Standards: On September 1, 2023, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), issued a proposed rule that seeks to establish comprehensive staffing requirements for nursing homes—including, for[...]
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Contaminated Sandwich Caused Nursing Home Resident’s Death
June 20, 2023
Contaminated Sandwich Caused Death: A lawsuit filed against a California nursing home on April 18, 2023 in the Superior Court of the State of California for the County of Santa Clara alleges, in part: Richard Van Truong (“Decedent”) was an adult person and resident of San Jose, CA. He was born o[...]
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