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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Feds advise using the rapid tests being sent to nursing homes as early warning. Several states have curtailed using coronavirus testing equipment in nursing homes that was provided by the Trump ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is now requiring nursing homes to test staff for COVID-19. The regulatory change, announced Tuesday, is a move from the former policy of recommending ...

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 ...

Medical-testing firm Becton Dickinson says it’s investigating false-positive coronavirus test results reported at nursing homes around the US. The New Jersey-based company, also known as BD, said a ...