Ask the Legal Expert about … the right-to-die movement
By
John Durso
May 06, 2017
What should we know and/or do about the right-to-die movement, which seems to be growing?
Court orders attorney to pay nursing home legal fees in ‘frivolous’ False Claims case
By
Kimberly Marselas
Feb 07, 2024
An attorney who brought a False Claims case against a Mississippi long-term care provider using publicly available — and later disproven — information must pay the facility’s legal fees, a court...
Deal cut by Senate Republicans likely to cause labor pains
By
John O'Connor
Jul 22, 2013
For many long-term care operators, labor relations might soon get even more challenging. And Senate Republicans are to blame, er, thank.
Huge provider alliance sues over Medicaid change that could cost them $246M in funding
By
Danielle Brown
Oct 27, 2019
New York providers are challenging a state effort that could cost operators $246 million in funding and cause dramatic “upheaval” to care and services for nursing home residents.
Growth in nursing care expenditures to rise along with national healthcare spending patterns, analysis...
Sep 18, 2013
National health expenditures on nursing care facilities and continuing care retirement communities are expected to increase by nearly 70% in the next nine years, according to a Health Affairs analysis...
Counties are only liable for poor nursing home care caused by municipal policies, judge rules
By
McKnight's Staff
Mar 27, 2013
Even if county nursing home workers provide poor care, the county is not liable unless the employees are executing an official policy, a federal judge in Pennsylvania recently ruled, providing a victory...
CMS gets stronger on same-sex couples
By
James M. Berklan
Jan 01, 2015
Long-term care providers that don’t recognize same-sex marriages would be endangering their ability to take part in the Medicare and Medicaid programs, the federal agency overseeing the programs...
Court approves another pact that siphons facility residents
By
Elizabeth Newman
Jun 05, 2012
In another strike against the traditional nursing home census base, a federal judge in Maine has approved a class-action lawsuit settlement that lets those with long-term disabilities live in their home...
Time to end the Dickey Amendment — for good!
By
Jacqueline Vance, RNC, CDONA/LTC
Jun 14, 2016
The Orlando mass shootings and killings last weekend have brought out the absurdity again: Research on gun safety and violence by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has been halted for years....
Now that was one tough week
By
John O'Connor
Jun 20, 2016
Most long-term care facilities would probably like to forget about last week. That’s because two figurative bombshells exploded.