The Georgia Supreme Court is considering whether to uphold a ban on ads that a prominent Southeast nursing home provider says violated the Georgia Deceptive False Practices Act.
X-ray company owner convicted in nursing home patient’s death
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Feb 19, 2016
The owner of a mobile diagnostic imaging company that provided services to nursing homes on the East Coast is facing a possible life sentence in the death of two patients.
Payback time for auditors?
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James M. Berklan
Jan 01, 2015
Recovery Audit Contractors that make incorrect accusations should be penalized, an influential physicians group is urging.
Feds seek redo in hospice eligibility case
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Jul 04, 2016
The Department of Justice is refusing to back down in a fight over physicians and patient hospice eligibility.
Court’s decision gives Omnicare a win, end to 8 years of litigation in whistleblower case
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Nov 02, 2016
Long-term care pharmacy provider Omnicare has been let off the hook in a whistleblower case spanning eight years, thanks to a court’s ruling last week.
Nursing home wins ‘retaliation’ court victory
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Elizabeth Newman
Jul 09, 2013
A Texas nursing home has triumphed in a lawsuit that claimed it had retaliated against a facility resident when family members complained about her care.
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Psychiatrist gets 9 months in prison for nursing home drug kickback scheme
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Mar 15, 2016
A Chicago psychiatrist who prescribed the antipsychotic clozapine to thousands of nursing home residents in exchange for kickbacks was sentenced to 9 months in prison on Friday.
SNF off the hook for $790,000 in damages in fall case, court rules
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May 09, 2017
A Kentucky nursing home won’t have to pay $790,000 in punitive damages in a case that claimed facility negligence caused a resident’s fall and eventual death, an appellate court ruled on Friday.
Former FL ombudsman files suit against providers, state
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Elizabeth Newman
Oct 01, 2011
A high-profile ousted Florida ombudsman has filed a lawsuit against the Florida Department of Elder Affairs, the Florida Health Care Association and the Florida Assisted Living Association for alleged...