Pennsylvania — A recent ruling by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court could have “broad implications” for the future of nursing home arbitration agreements.
State supreme court allows SNFs to arbitrate survival claims
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Oct 03, 2016
Pennsylvania nursing homes will be able to force survival claims from deceased residents’ estates into arbitration, the state Supreme Court ruled Thursday.
In wake of Supreme Court ruling, states weighing Medicaid options
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McKnight's Staff
Jul 02, 2012
Many states are considering their options in the wake of a seemingly favorable Supreme Court ruling. The nation’s highest court ruled that Congress exceeded its reach when it threatened states with...
CMS withdraws proposal requiring LTC facilities to afford spousal rights to same-sex couples
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Oct 04, 2017
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has withdrawn a 2014 proposed rule that would have required long-term care facilities to recognize and ensure rights for same-sex marriages, according to a...
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Court: Relative not bound by arbitration
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Elizabeth Newman
Nov 01, 2012
The child of a deceased long-term care resident is not bound to an arbitration agreement because she signed it on behalf of her mother — not herself — an Illinois court ruled in September.
Same-sex married couples now have expanded Medicare enrollment options, HHS announces
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Tim Mullaney
Apr 04, 2014
Seniors now are eligible to receive premium-free Medicare Part A coverage if they are married to someone of the same sex, the Department of Health and Human Services announced Thursday.
Supreme Court leaves providers to grapple with vaccine mandate, takes other employers off the hook
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Kimberly Marselas
James M. Berklan
Jan 13, 2022
Nursing home operators were already bracing late Thursday for the fallout of a nationwide staff vaccine mandate, just hours after the Supreme Court ruled a Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services rule...
Long-term care leaders watchful after Supreme Court limits the Affordable Care Act contraception rule
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Tim Mullaney
Jul 01, 2014
Two hotly anticipated Supreme Court rulings handed down Monday elicited measured responses from prominent long-term care stakeholders. In one case, Hobby Lobby succeeded in its battle against the Affordable...
Ask the Legal Expert about … arbitration agreements
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John Durso
Dec 06, 2017
There has been so much in the news about arbitration agreements over the past year. Are we in the clear and can we use them again?