Liability costs rising 4% annually for long-term care
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McKnight's Staff
Jul 13, 2012
A new study shows that long-term care claim severity and loss rates have grown 4% each year since 2009, and the liability costs per bed is expected to be $1,540 by next year.
Nursing homes can’t use arbitration to deflect lawsuits, court says
Jul 05, 2011
Nursing homes cannot use arbitration agreements to combat lawsuits related to residents’ care, the West Virginia Supreme Court ruled on Friday. The court decided, in the unanimous decision, that...
Nursing home lobbyists urge lawmakers for change but don’t expect long-term care reform
Jun 05, 2009
Hundreds of nursing home owners and operators blitzed congressional buildings in Washington on Thursday, pressing lawmakers for better Medicare payments, a halt to post-acute payment bundling system talk...
U.S. Supreme Court lets law nullifying nursing home pre-admission arbitration agreements stand
Jun 04, 2009
By refusing to review an Illinois appellate court ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court has tacitly agreed that a state law nullifying nursing home arbitration agreements supersedes the Federal Arbitration Act,...
Arbitration act ‘bad public policy,’ NCAL’s Kyllo says
Mar 06, 2009
The American Health Care Association and the National Center for Assisted Living have voiced opposition to the recently reintroduced Fairness in Nursing Home Arbitration Act. Members of both the House...
Nursing home arbitration act resurfaces in Senate
Mar 05, 2009
Senators Wednesday re-introduced the Fairness in Nursing Home Arbitration Act, a bill that would prevent nursing homes from requiring residents to sign arbitration agreements as a condition of admission....
Another bill that would prohibit pre-admission arbitration clauses panned by nursing home operators
Mar 02, 2009
U.S. Rep. Linda Sanchez (D-CA) on Friday re-introduced a bill that would prohibit nursing home and assisted living operators from including pre-dispute arbitration clauses in their admissions contracts....
Senate committee passes nursing home arbitration bill
Sep 15, 2008
The Fairness in Nursing Home Arbitration Act of 2008, a bill that would eliminate arbitration agreements as a requirement for admission into a nursing home, is one step closer to becoming a law.
House to vote on nursing home arbitration bill
Jul 31, 2008
The House Judiciary Committee Wednesday approved the Fairness in Nursing Home Arbitration Act, which would outlaw the signing of an arbitration agreement as a prerequisite to admission in a nursing home.
Facilities argue for use of arbitration agreements at Senate hearing
Jun 19, 2008
Nursing homes took their case for arbitration agreements Wednesday to a Senate joint committee, which heard testimony for and against a bill that would invalidate arbitration clauses in admissions contracts.