The Consequences for Violating Patient Privacy in California? Depends Where the Hospital Is
Charles Ornstein is a senior reporter for ProPublica and a past president of the Association of Health Care Journalists. This story originally appeared on ProPublica. It was co-published ...
Some Banks Adopt New Measures to Protect the Elderly
As a generation of aging Americans faces newfound risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease, some banks and credit unions are implementing new measures to prevent fraud-related elder ...
New Jersey Bill Calls for More Aides in Nursing Homes
With the approval of a new bill that sets minimum patient-to-nursing assistant staffing quotas in nursing homes, New Jersey legislators hope to offer elderly residents a higher quality ...
Illinois to Allow Monitoring Devices in Nursing Homes
In 2016, Illinois nursing homes will begin allowing families of nursing home residents to install video and audio recording devices in their loved ones’ rooms. These will hopefully ...
Obese Seniors Challenge Nursing Homes
Seniors who are severely overweight not only face health problems — it becomes challenging to place them in nursing homes. Because of the rising rates of obese ...
Idaho Sued Over Decision to Cut Medicaid Funding for Patients with Disabilities
The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare recently announced a decision to cut Medicaid funding to patients with disabilities by up to 50 percent. In response, several providers and ...
How to Avoid Tax Refund Scams in 2016
Tax refund fraud is rising, but it’s avoidable. The IRS is helping Americans not have their hard-earned tax refunds stolen by scammers.
The IRS is attempting to prevent tax fraud ...
