The for-profit long-term care community has been digesting a bitter tasting piece of proposed new legislation in recent weeks.
IT’S HERE! McKnight’s Online Expo kicks off with sessions on innovation, market trends and...
Mar 26, 2008
Senior care’s first online trade show and educational meeting returns this morning, with three diverse sessions. Individuals can still sign up for their cost-free look and listen regarding the nationally...
Kohl-Grassley bill aims for larger fines, transparency
By
James M. Berklan
Mar 01, 2008
Nursing home operators could face fines up to $100,000 – 10 times the current maximum – and would have to provide more ownership, expenditure and staffing information under a new bill introduced...
Association: Tort reforms effective
Feb 27, 2008
A new study of enacted tort reform measures shows that award limits do reduce insurers’ payouts and, ultimately, insurance premiums, researchers say. Consumer and legal groups disputed the findings.
Providers praise president for tort reform act
Feb 22, 2008
Two long-term care organizations thanked President Bush Thursday for introducing tort reform legislation. The proposal would help to redirect funds from lawsuit expenses and towards quality care, the head...
Malpractice caps, required EHRs part of Bush Medicare proposal
Feb 20, 2008
Forced by a mandate in the 2003 Medicare law, the Bush administration has proposed caps for noneconomic damages in medical malpractice lawsuits and a mandate for providers to use electronic health records.
Ask The Legal Expert
By
John Durso
Jan 15, 2008
Question: Under what circumstances can I discharge a resident we no longer want to serve?
Nursing home group dislikes False Claims Act ruling
Jan 02, 2008
A nursing home association and a hospital association have urged the Supreme Court to reverse a decision that loosens restrictions under the False Claims Act.
Ask the legal expert
By
John Durso
Dec 01, 2007
Can you give me the scoop on admission arbitration agreements?
Nursing home owners Sal and Mabel Mangano: Not guilty!
By
James M. Berklan
Oct 01, 2007
For three weeks, spanning August and September, much of the national nursing home community was glued to goings-on in a place they had never heard of before: St. Francisville, LA. Or at least they should...