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Jury Returns Verdict for EEOC in Disability Case against Tennessee Nursing Home

Med-Net Compliance

After a three-and-a-half-day trial, a jury returned a verdict for the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) on behalf of a former employee of a Tennessee nursing home who had been fired after requesting intermittent leave to address her anxiety. The former employee suffered from anxiety throughout her adult life.

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DOJ Concludes that Colorado Violates Americans with Disabilities Act for Residents in Nursing Homes

Healthcare Compliance Blog

After an investigation into Colorado’s care for people with disabilities who reside in nursing homes, the Department of Justice (DOJ) concluded that the state unnecessarily segregates people with physical disabilities in nursing facilities. Discussion Points: Review your policies and procedures on discharge planning.

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Consent and COVID Testing of Employees

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Written By: Compliance Blogger This article addresses COVID testing and consent considerations for: healthcare organizations, nursing homes and business associates or non-healthcare workplaces. Expanded screening testing of asymptomatic HCP without known exposures is required in nursing homes and could be considered in other settings.

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Luke’s Children’s Hospital opens new inpatient rehab unit LC State Radiographic Science Program Ranked No.

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David’s forges ahead with new behavioral health hospital after rezoning vote Texas rehab hospital settles ADA case UTAH Fire spurs evacuation at Intermountain hospital Intermountain, Ortho Montana break ground on new ASC U of Utah Health adds new C-suite role $17.5 Dominic Louisiana physician charged in $5.6M

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The Pathology (and Politics) of Liability Shields

Bill of Health

First, nursing homes and assisted living facilities are seeing large numbers of suits , particularly for failures in infection control. Other increasingly viable employee lawsuits are ADA disability discrimination or Title VII claims , possibly bolstered by federal government guidance from the U.S. Shield Propagation.

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