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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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South Jersey Pair Arrested In Shooting, Handguns Recovered South Jersey Pair Arrested In Shooting, Handguns Recovered
South Jersey Pair Arrested In Shooting, Handguns Recovered A 20-year-old man  and a teenager from Atlantic City have been arrested in connection with a shooting, authorities said.  Saalih Davis, 20,  was charged  with attempted murder, aggravated assault, conspiracy, weapons offenses and possessing heroin, according to Atlantic City Lt. Kevin Fair. A 14-year-old, whose name has not been released since he is a juvenile offender, also was charged with attempted murder, Fair said. He was carrying two handguns when he was caught, Fair said.  At 10:29 p.m. on Memorial Day, Atlantic City police responded to the 400 block of…

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SEEN HIM? Fugitive Sought In Atlantic City Shooting SEEN HIM? Fugitive Sought In Atlantic City Shooting
Seen HIM? Fugitive Sought In Atlantic City Shooting Atlantic City police seek the public's help in locating an 18-year-old fugitive wanted in connection with a shooting last fall. An investigation conducted by detectives of the Violent Crimes Unit led to Yasin Sanders being criminally charged for his involvement in a shooting Sanders has not been arrested and is being sought, according to Lt. Kevin Fair, a spokesman for the Atlantic City Police Department. On Oct. 23 at 9:45 p.m,, patrol officers responded to the 400 block of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr Boulevard in reference to a ShotSpotter alert. A 25-year-old woman from Atlantic City suff…

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by Jon Craig