ACOs could thrive even if healthcare law is overturned, experts say
By
McKnight's Staff
Jun 28, 2012
Accountable care organizations are expected to thrive even if the Supreme Court throws out the Affordable Care Act, healthcare law experts said Tuesday.
Court OKs class-action suit against nursing home
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Haymarket Media
Jul 03, 2007
The Arkansas Supreme Court has granted class action status to a lawsuit against a nursing home in the state.
Also in the News for Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2022
By
Joe Bush
Nov 01, 2022
Closure of notorious nursing home leaves NJ town with $1.4 million debt … Nevada Supreme Court says negligence lawsuit against SNF can continue … ‘Do Not Hospitalize’ policy, procedures increase...
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Mar 26, 2015
Insurance companies struggle with long-term care … Missouri’s Medicaid program lost out on $27M, audit says … B. Smith testifies on Alzheimer’s at Senate hearing … NLRB playing...
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Dec 22, 2021
Supreme Court justice rejects healthcare worker’s appeal of state vaccine mandate … Rhode Island nursing homes seek minimum staffing moratorium … 3rd Circuit Court sides with union in nursing homes’...
Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid expansion still vulnerable to court challenges, experts say
By
McKnight's Staff
Aug 31, 2012
Legal experts say the Affordable Care Act’s maintenance-of-effort (MOE) requirement — which prohibits states from tightening Medicaid eligibility — remains vulnerable to legal challenges.
Judge approves $38 million settlement in ManorCare case
By
Tim Mullaney
Oct 27, 2014
HCR ManorCare will pay $38 million under a legal settlement recently approved by a judge in West Virginia. The award to plaintiffs was originally $91 million until the state Supreme Court reduced it in...
Supreme Court to decide whether Omnicare made illegal false statements to investors about nursing home...
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Tim Mullaney
Mar 06, 2014
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear a case alleging that the nation’s largest long-term care pharmacy, Omnicare, broke the law by keeping potential investors in the dark about kickbacks to nursing homes,...
Alabama high court upholds nursing home arbitration agreement that daughter signed
Apr 14, 2010
The Alabama Supreme Court recently ordered the estate of a woman injured during her stay at a nursing home to settle its dispute through arbitration. It determined that the woman “passively permitted”...
Also in the News for Tuesday, Nov. 30
Nov 29, 2021
As expected, CMS per-day penalties rise drastically in 2021 following agency switch … Supreme Court to hear arguments in case seeking to reverse cuts to 340B Drug Program … Rushed care by nursing home...