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30 State AGs Request Suspension of Federal 5-Star Rating System for Nursing Facilities
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- Thirty state attorneys general have asked the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to suspend and revise its Five-Star rating system. The Five-Star system, launched in December 2008, gives...
- GAO Releases Reports on Medicaid Transfers, Nursing Homes
- Read about two recent GAO reports, one on Medicaid Transfers of Assets, and another on Quality of Care in Nursing Homes....
- Nursing Home Arbitration Bill Approaches Senate Markup
- The Fairness in Nursing Home Arbitration Act (S. 2838) is scheduled for markup by the Senate Judiciary Committee on September 11....
- Connecticut Nursing Facility Residents Win Transfer/Discharge Appeals
- Basing its rulings primarily on inadequacies in notices and discharge planning, Connecticut hearing officers twice refused nursing facilities’ attempts to involuntarily discharge residents. ...
- Faulty Nonpayment Notices Prevent Nursing Facility from Transferring Resident
- A Missouri trial court reversed an eviction ruling issued by the Missouri Department of Senior Services, in a case in which the resident had owed money but had paid in full before the administrative h...
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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...
