Nursing homes with high quality ratings are sued almost as often as lower performing nursing homes, according to a new study published by the New England Journal of Medicine. And researchers found litigation or its likelihood does not necessarily result in better care.æ Researchers analyzed information about nursing home lawsuits...
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Making It Harder To Keep Nursing Homes Honest
The Bush administration shut off a source of information last fall about abuse and neglect in long-term care facilities. The rule designates state inspectors and Medicare and Medicaid contractors as federal employees. The new rule, which was issued in September, generally prohibits state health departments and contractors from participating in...
Be Aware the Legal Structure of Nursing Homes
We know we live in a litigious society and that one of the costs gobbling up healthcare dollars is liability and malpractice insurance. Some long term care operators simply can not afford it. So they improvise making it much harder for you to sue if something happens to a loved...
Nursing Home Arbitration Act
The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Commercial Law and Administrative Law just approved the Fairness in Nursing Home Arbitration Act of 2008, moving the Act one step closer to becoming law. The Act prohibits the signing of an arbitration agreement as a prerequisite to nursing home admission. This bipartisan legislation protects...