Talevski v. Health and Hospital Corporation, et al., has potentially far-reaching implications and could significantly increase the number of claims against nursing homes and the cost of such claims.
Court nixes arbitration deal that granddaughter signed
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James M. Berklan
Jan 01, 2015
A granddaughter’s signature on an arbitration agreement did not prevent her mother from being able to file a wrongful death lawsuit against a provider, the Oklahoma Supreme Court has ruled. Her grandmother...
Ruling: State courts cannot treat nursing home arbitration agreements differently than other contracts
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Tim Mullaney
Jul 10, 2013
State courts do not have the authority to categorize nursing home arbitration agreements differently than other contracts, the New Mexico Supreme Court recently ruled. The decision sets up a fight over...
President to sign bill expanding Americans with Disabilities Act
Sep 19, 2008
The House of Representatives this week passed legislation to expand the definition of “disability” under the Americans with Disabilities Act, helping millions more disabled Americans receive...
U.S. Supreme Court leaves alone law allowing Florida woman to die
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Haymarket Media
Jan 26, 2005
The Supreme Court this week refused to overturn a law that would disconnect a severely brain-damaged woman in Florida from her feeding tube.
Supreme Court will consider forced union dues case
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Jul 01, 2015
The Supreme Court will consider whether government workers’ rights are violated when they’re forced to pay dues to unions they don’t want to join
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Kindred sues Ventas in rent flap
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McKnight's Staff
Jul 10, 2006
Nursing home chain Kindred Healthcare Inc. has sued its main landlord, Ventas Inc., in New York State Supreme Court in an increasingly messy scrap over proposed rent increases.
There’s more than one way to park a car — or come into CMS compliance
By
James M. Berklan
Feb 17, 2022
Providers have shown a strong interest in compliance exemptions for the federal COVID-19 vaccine mandate lately. Now it gets interesting.
Supreme Court declines review of Medicare hospice cap case
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Oct 04, 2016
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to weigh on a case debating Medicare’s controversial payment cap for hospice treatment.