One of the first opportunities for a facility to refute surveyor citations or deficiencies and have the survey agency remove them is the Informal Dispute Resolution (“IDR”) process or, when...
Ask the legal expert … about screening for sex offenders
By
John Durso
Apr 01, 2014
How can we make sure we don’t have registered sex offenders working or volunteering for us? What if they lie to us about it?
Ask the legal expert … about antipsychotic medication liability
By
John Durso
Dec 01, 2013
I’m an administrator who’s read all of this stuff about overuse of antipsychotics on long-term care residents. I like and trust my director of nursing, medical director and clinical staff —...
Ask the legal expert … about leave-of-absence mistakes
By
John O'Connor
Oct 01, 2013
How can we avoid some of the most common leave-of-absence mistakes administrators/owners make?
Ask the legal expert … about winning resolution proceedings
By
John Durso
Sep 01, 2013
I’m tired of losing informal dispute resolution proceedings. How can I win one?
Ask the legal expert … about pressure-ulcer product promises
By
John Durso
Aug 01, 2013
What happens if we contract with an alternate pressure-surface vendor that claims we’ll lower our pressure-ulcer rates by using its product, but our incidents actually increase? Can we sue?
Ask the legal expert … about gun violence in facilities
By
John Durso
Jun 01, 2013
A resident smuggles a gun into our facility and shoots a worker who, she says, has been treating her harshly or disrespectfully. What’s our recourse?
Ask the legal expert: How important is it to meet self-reporting requirements under the Affordable Care...
By
John Durso
Mar 01, 2012
According to the Affordable Care Act, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services may reduce a civil money penalty (CMP) by 50% in cases where nursing homes self-report and promptly correct certain instances...
Ask the legal expert: What’s the best way to respond to alleged deficiencies?
By
John Durso
Jan 03, 2012
John Durso, Esq., Ungaretti & Harris LLP
Ask the legal expert: How will healthcare reform affect sub-acute providers?