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On September 28, 2016, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, an agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, issued a new rule barring any nursing home that receives federal funding from compelling its residents to resolve any disputes with the nursing home via arbitration rather than in court. The new rule … Read more →
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — The owner of California’s largest chain of nursing homes has come under fire for allegations of abuse and wrongful deaths in at least one of its facilities. Czersale Hilton’s mother, Geneva, 68, was admitted into Centinela Skilled Nursing & Wellness Centre West in Inglewood in 2014. Five weeks later, she was … Read more →
In April 2015, the federal government announced that it was intervening in a False Claims Act case against HCR ManorCare and other related companies for allegedly committing Medicare fraud in the provision of rehabilitation services. The case is currently pending in the Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. On September 8, 2015, … Read more →
MD Nursing Home Abuse Attorneys Weigh In: Voices for Quality Care, an important advocacy group for seniors in the District of Columbia and Maryland, has published their annual survey for nursing homes. The news is not good. Maryland nursing homes scored a “D” on the National Report care assessing staffing and quality of care. Enforcement of … Read more →