The cost of retaliation against operator? $25 million in NY
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Elizabeth Newman
Oct 01, 2012
A former long-term care provider has achieved a $25 million victory over state authorities. Brook Chambery, the owner of the long-closed Beechwood Restorative Care Center in Rochester, NY, became the benefactor...
Suit targeting ‘ambush’ elections rejected
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Sep 04, 2015
A U.S. district court has dismissed a lawsuit aimed at overturning a National Labor Relations Board rule that could speed up union elections.
Court approves another pact that siphons facility residents
By
Elizabeth Newman
Jun 05, 2012
In another strike against the traditional nursing home census base, a federal judge in Maine has approved a class-action lawsuit settlement that lets those with long-term disabilities live in their home...
Supreme Court to hear case sparked by Omnicare deals
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Julie Williamson
Apr 01, 2014
A recent $4 million legal settlement over kickbacks for anemia drug Aranesp is small change compared to other recent deals Omnicare has made with federal authorities. News of these payouts hasn’t...
SNF wins appeal and has its $1 million fine cut by 97.4%
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Amy Novotney
Jul 09, 2018
An administrative law judge slashed a $1 million fine against Philadelphia’s Springs at the Watermark by $974,000 in June, declaring that the nursing home took appropriate preventive measures within...
High court puts arbitration agreements back into play
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James M. Berklan
Mar 02, 2013
If the U.S. Supreme Court thought it had the final word on the validity of certain nursing home admissions arbitration agreements in 2012, well, it was wrong.