Ask the legal expert … about arbitration agreements
By
John Durso
Apr 01, 2013
It seems like every time I see a news item about arbitration agreements being signed by a resident/patient’s surrogate or relative, some judges rules it invalid or unenforceable. Are they ever valid?...
Ask the legal expert: How can I keep unions away from my facility?
By
John Durso
Aug 01, 2010
John Durso, Esq. Ungaretti & Harris LLP
Ask the legal expert: common traps providers fall into when calculating employee compensation
By
John Durso
Jun 01, 2010
John Durso, Esq. Ungaretti & Harris LLP
Ask the legal expert … about personal liability insurance
By
John Durso
Jun 01, 2014
Do you think nursing home or CCRC staff members should have their own personal liability insurance?
Ask the legal expert: firing an underperforming manager who falsified credential
By
John Durso
Sep 01, 2010
John Durso, Esq. Ungaretti & Harris LLP
Ask the Legal Expert about … 24/7 visitor policies
By
John Durso
Sep 06, 2017
We adopted a 24/7 visitor policy after much encouragement. Unfortunately, we occasionally get disruptive visitors. What can we do to restrict this without receiving complaints?
Ask the legal expert … about pressure-ulcer product promises
By
John Durso
Aug 01, 2013
What happens if we contract with an alternate pressure-surface vendor that claims we’ll lower our pressure-ulcer rates by using its product, but our incidents actually increase? Can we sue?
Ask the legal expert about … employees’ social media choices
By
John Durso
Jan 08, 2018
One of our employees has public photos on Facebook where he’s in drag, and a board member complained. How should we tackle employees doing potentially embarrassing things away from work, yet in a...
Ask the Legal Expert about … telemedicine
By
John Durso
Oct 06, 2017
What are your thoughts on the rising attention given to telemedicine? Are we more at risk, using clinicians miles away and viewing resident conditions and records off-site? What precautions or pre-conditions...
Ask the legal expert … about gun violence in facilities
By
John Durso
Jun 01, 2013
A resident smuggles a gun into our facility and shoots a worker who, she says, has been treating her harshly or disrespectfully. What’s our recourse?