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Fairness in Nursing Home Arbitration Act
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- Senators Mel Martinez (R-FL) and Herb Kohl (D-WI) yesterday introduced the Fairness in Nursing Home Arbitration Act. The legislation amends the Federal Arbitration Act to bar pre-dispute arbitration ...
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California Court Upholds Readmission of Nursing Facility Resident
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- A Los Angeles trial court upheld a nursing facility resident’s right to readmission from a hospital. Vernon Convalescent Hosp. v. Cal. Dep’t of Health Services (Edward Bush, Real Party in Interes...
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Think Twice Before Signing: Executive Summary
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- Executive summary of the report...
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Nursing Home Admission Agreements: Missouri Consumer Guide
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- A Guide for Missouri Nursing Home Residents and Their Families ...
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Think Twice Before Signing: Improper and Unfair Provisions in Missouri Nursing Home Admission Agreements
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- Report on a study by the National Senior Citizens Law Center that found that admission agreements for Missouri nursing homes can mislead residents and their family members...
- CA’s Standard Admission Agreement Must Be Revised, But NSCLC’s Intervention Arguments Limit the Damage
- A California trial court has ordered the Department of Health Services to revise the state’s standard nursing facility admission agreement....
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Writ of Mandate: Parkside Special Care Center vs Shewry
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- Read the Writ of Mandate from Parkside Special Care Ctr. v. Shewry, Case No. GIC 860574 (San Diego Sup. Ct. March 21, 2007). This mandate requires the California Department of Health Services to revis...
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Tenn. Resident Wins Nursing Home Eviction Case
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- A Tennessee nursing facility attempted to evict a resident on two grounds--that the resident’s welfare could not be assured due to her inability to obtain physician services, and that her presence t...
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Cal. Resident Wins Nursing Facility Discharge Case
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- A California resident was admitted to a nursing facility in April 2001, with his care reimbursed through Medicaid. In August 2005, Medicaid eligibility was terminated based on the resident’s immigra...
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Maryland Medicaid Beneficiaries Win Round One on Prior Expenses
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- A Maryland trial court has given Medicaid beneficiaries the go-ahead to pursue an action against the state for its refusal to offset certain prior health care expenses against a beneficiary’s monthl...
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Resident’s Eviction Not Justified by Facility’s Planned Switch to Ventilator Specialization
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- A California administrative law judge has agreed with NSCLC that a nursing facility cannot evict residents in order to create a specialization in ventilator care. The resident was represented by NSCLC...