The Supreme Court has decided that corporations and unions are really no different from regular folk when it comes to sponsoring elections. As a result, we’re about to see a spending spree that would...
State Supreme Court blocks effort to criminally charge nursing home company in neglect case
May 20, 2010
The Massachusetts Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected an attempt to charge a nursing home company with manslaughter. The case involved an employee whose alleged neglect led to the death of a resident.
State high court upholds class action status in understaffing suit against SNF
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May 08, 2017
A wrongful death complaint filed against an Arkansas nursing home may continue as a class action lawsuit, the state’s supreme court ruled on Thursday.
Medicaid providers in California win in legal challenge over program cuts
Jun 24, 2009
The U.S. Supreme Court has let stand a federal appeals court ruling that says California’s Medicaid providers have a right to challenge state cuts to Medi-Cal provider fees.
U.S. Supreme Court will review Kindred arbitration case
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Oct 31, 2016
A case involving the validity of arbitration agreements used in Kindred Healthcare facilities will get its day before the U.S. Supreme Court, according to a memo released Friday.
Supreme Court denies states’ Medicare Part D lawsuit
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Haymarket Media
Jun 21, 2006
The Supreme Court ruled against five states that had asked the high court for an injunction so they could appeal monthly Medicare drug benefit payments.
Power of attorney sufficient to send SNF negligence case to arbitration, court rules
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Aug 08, 2017
The power of attorney held by a nursing home resident’s representative is enough to send a complaint into arbitration, even without specific authority to enter into an arbitration agreement, a Kentucky...
Supreme Court opts not to hear healthcare reform challenge
Nov 10, 2010
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined a request from a conservative California legal group to hear a challenge to the Obama administration’s healthcare reform bill. The group took issue with...
Strong signals that nursing homes will win case against the contraception mandate, lawyers say
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Tim Mullaney
Jul 02, 2014
A Supreme Court ruling handed down earlier this week bolstered a legal case being pursued by The Little Sisters of the Poor, according to attorneys for the nonprofit nursing home operator. However, other...
The real reason why the Supreme Court will trounce Obamacare
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John O'Connor
Mar 30, 2012
I’m not sure why so much hand wringing is taking place over the Supreme Court’s future decision about Obamacare. For as they like to say in Chicago, the fix is in.