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$100M In Medicaid Money Going To NJ's 15 Worst Nursing Homes: Report $100M In Medicaid Money Going To NJ's 15 Worst Nursing Homes: Report
$100M In Medicaid Money Going To NJ's 15 Worst Nursing Homes: Report Shape up or ship out. That's the message New Jersey's Comptroller is sending to 15 of the state's nursing homes, cited in a new report as some of the worst. New Jersey is spending $100 million a year in Medicaid dollars on some of the state's worst nursing homes. And the 15 "one-star" homes named in Comptroller's report released Wednesday have faced little to no consequences -- until now, the organization says. If the facilities don't fix the health and safety issues that they've repeatedly been cited for, they risk being kicked off Medicaid altogether. "Continued funding of these facilit…

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by Jon Craig
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COVID Exposure Closes Camden County Family Restaurant COVID Exposure Closes Camden County Family Restaurant
COVID Exposure Closes Camden County Family Restaurant A COVID-19 exposure temporarily closed a popular Camden County restaurant. The Pop Shop in Collingswood will be closed through Aug. 8 out of an abundance of caution, the restaurant said on Facebook. "The Pop Shop Collingswood is fully aware that we service a large population of our at risk community, children and young adults, and we take the responsibility of keeping them safe our number one priority," the post says. "It is just as important to us to keep them safe & healthy, as it is to make them smile." Staff will undergo testing as the restaurant is deep cleaned ahead of a reopeni…

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by Cecilia Levine