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Three New Jersey Nursing Homes Ordered To Pay $2.1M For Staffing Violations

New Jersey’s Office of the State Comptroller (OSC) has ordered three nursing homes to repay more than $2.1 million in Medicaid funds after uncovering serious and repeated violations of the state’s staffing laws. In a month-long audit of July 2023,…

Jul 8, 2025

by Dalli & Marino

Hospital Staffing Shortages: Profits Over Patients

As the COVID-19 pandemic has stretched into its third year, many healthcare professionals have felt the burnout so acutely that they have begun considering other career options. Even as nurses have spent the better part of these three years pleading…

Feb 28, 2022

by Dalli & Marino

A new study has found that an astounding 75% of the nation’s nursing homes fall short on registered nurse (RN) staffing, making residents more vulnerable to neglectful and potentially harmful situations such as medication errors. According to McKnight’s Long Term…

Jul 17, 2019

by Dalli & Marino

“MY DAD DIED AT THEIR HANDS: WWII VET FATALLY INJURED AT VA NURSING HOME” – USA TODAY

The Veterans Administration continues to struggle with caring for its nursing home residents according to USA TODAY’s Donovan Slack who wrote the story “My Dad Died At Their Hands: WWII Vet Fatally Injured at VA Nursing Home.” 91-year-old James “Milt”…

May 28, 2019

by Dalli & Marino

Nurses Strike in New York: Threat Increases Over ‘Safe Staffing’ Levels – NYTimes, March 30

An article in the March 30, 2019, edition of The New York Times, by author, Patrick McGeehan, was entitled, "Nurses Strike in New York: Threat Increases Over ‘Safe Staffing’ Levels" . In the article, McGeehan described that: "At Morgan Stanley…

Apr 5, 2019

by Dalli & Marino

Nursing Home Update: Latest Data Indicate Low Staffing is Persistent & Pervasive

Nursing Home Update: Latest Data Indicate Low Staffing is Persistent & Pervasive February 27, 2019 - Staffing is perhaps the most important factor in a nursing home resident’s quality of care and ability to live with dignity. Unfortunately, inadequate nursing home…

Feb 28, 2019

by Dalli & Marino

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