A lab owner has been accused of fraudulently billing Medicare and insurers for more than $358 million worth of COVID-related tests that nursing home clients said they neither wanted nor needed. The ...

Coronavirus testing materials like this kit imported by the Kansas health department are in high demand. Still, experts warn nursing homes and other buyers should vet suppliers and their products ...

The federal government sent free rapid-test machines to 14,000 facilities. But they have come with unexpected costs, cumbersome reporting rules and questions about accuracy. By Andrew Jacobs After ...

As states and the federal government move to mandate COVID testing inside nursing homes, whose patients are deemed highly vulnerable to infection and severe complications, several industry officials ...

More nursing homes are waiting longer for COVID-19 test results for residents and staffers, according to federal data, making the fight against record numbers of omicron cases even harder. The double ...

Federal regulators pulled the lab certifications of Gamma Healthcare of Poplar Bluff, Missouri, which provides diagnostic testing for hundreds of long-term care facilities in Missouri. Missouri ...

NURSING HOMES IN MARYLAND HAVE BEEN CONDUCTING WEEKLY TEST OF PATIENCE SINCE LATE SPRING LAST WEEK SEVERAL FACILITIES. SAW AN UNUSUAL PATTERN MOST SKILLED NURSING AND REHAB CENTERS IN MARYLAND HAVE ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- In response to a state-ordered mandate requiring nursing home staff to be tested for the coronavirus (COVID-19) twice a week, Rep. Max Rose and Borough President James Oddo ...

The Food and Drug Administration’s recent approval of a new blood test to aid in the diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease is a boost for the School of Nursing’s wet lab. The lab, led by nursing researcher ...

If you’ve ever wondered why your doctor asks you to do a blood test or provide a urine sample at your annual checkup even if you’re feeling perfectly fine, ...