Assisted living management firm charged with $300 million fraud
Mar 04, 2009
Sunwest Management, a national assisted living management firm, has been accused of defrauding investors out of roughly $300 million in a Ponzi scheme, according to recent reports.
Arbitration act ‘bad public policy,’ NCAL’s Kyllo says
Mar 06, 2009
The American Health Care Association and the National Center for Assisted Living have voiced opposition to the recently reintroduced Fairness in Nursing Home Arbitration Act. Members of both the House...
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John Durso
Jan 15, 2008
Question: Under what circumstances can I discharge a resident we no longer want to serve?
Federal agencies at odds: Medicare payment error rate much higher than first reported
Aug 27, 2008
The Office of the Inspector General has issued a report claiming that the Medicare payment error rate for durable medical equipment in 2006 was significantly higher than the 7.5% rate claimed by the Centers...
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John Durso
Apr 01, 2008
The raiding of resident trust funds and theft of insurance checks by staff are perhaps the two most significant fraud/embezzlement problems in long-term care. What is your advice for guarding against them?
Nursing homes, consumers lock horns over arbitration bill at congressional hearing
Jun 11, 2008
Providers cried “discrimination” and consumer advocates called for an even tougher stance Tuesday during a congressional hearing on the “Nursing Home Arbitration Act of 2008.” House...
Ask the legal expert: applying the False Claims Act to nursing homes and senior housing
Card-check legislation is expected to surface this Congress, and the Obama administration appears to be leaning in favor of such a bill.
Training clears facility, not aides, in heat-related death
By
Amy Novotney
Nov 06, 2017
Two former caretakers at an Illinois long-term care facility have been charged with Class 3 felony counts of criminal neglect in the death of a 69-year-old resident with developmental disabilities, who...
U.S. Supreme Court lets law nullifying nursing home pre-admission arbitration agreements stand
Jun 04, 2009
By refusing to review an Illinois appellate court ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court has tacitly agreed that a state law nullifying nursing home arbitration agreements supersedes the Federal Arbitration Act,...