In a May 7 th letter, members of the House of Representatives urged House leaders to swiftly extend an increase in the Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (FMAP), which helps fund nursing homes and Medicaid programs. The extension, which is included... Read More

Inclusion of arbitration agreements within nursing home admissions contracts is a growing trend, and arbitration is being used by long term care providers as a means to keep malpractice and other negligence claims from coming before a jury. In this Commentary... Read More

By Linda K. Chen * * J.D. Candidate, Santa Clara School of Law, 2012. Excerpt from Eradicating Elder Abuse in California Nursing Homes, 52 Santa Clara L. Rev. 213 (2012) Introduction For weeks, three certified nursing assistants (CNAs) at... Read More

By David W. Tate According to the following article nursing home care is improving based on federal inspections, Click Here , but nursing homes that receive only one and two stars out of a total possible five stars still stands at a huge 35%, and nursing... Read More

By David W. Tate The following is a link to a New York Times article re fewer beds for men entering nursing homes. According to the article, nursing homes like the elderly population are heavily female. Since Medicaid will only pay for a two-person... Read More

From the Office of Inspector General: Payments for Medicare Part B Services During Non-Part A Nursing Home Stays in 2008 Summary We found that Medicare paid $4.9 billion in 2008 for Part B services during nursing home stays not paid for... Read More

Recently, Clay M. Greene, a 78-year-old gay man from Sebastopol, CA., filed a lawsuit against Sonoma County, accusing the County of, among other claims, elder abuse, elder financial abuse, and violation of the Patient's Bill of Rights. Mr. Greene... Read More

On March 23, 2013, it will have been three years since President Obama signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) into law. This date is a significant one for the nursing home industry, not because it marks the third anniversary of the... Read More

By Linda K. Chen * * J.D. Candidate, Santa Clara School of Law, 2012. Excerpt from Eradicating Elder Abuse in California Nursing Homes, 52 Santa Clara L. Rev. 213 (2012) Introduction For weeks, three certified nursing assistants (CNAs) at a California... Read More

Inclusion of arbitration agreements within nursing home admissions contracts is a growing trend, and arbitration is being used by long term care providers as a means to keep malpractice and other negligence claims from coming before a jury. In this Commentary... Read More

Divorce rates in the U.S. have skyrocketed over the past few decades, even among those over age 65 years of age. Elder law attorneys suspect that issues regarding money may be to blame for the rising divorce rates among the elderly. Instead of fighting... Read More

A recent U.S. News & World Report article provided rankings of America's Best Nursing Homes. The federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) collects data on nursing homes and rates them in its Nursing Home Compare program... Read More

By Sabrina Winters The decisions regarding placing a family member into a nursing home are some of the toughest that a spouse, child or family member will be faced with. The decision is not just based on finances, but is deeply rooted on emotions... Read More

Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan led law enforcement officials in the latest raid of a Chicago nursing home facility. In the unannounced visit, three felons were arrested at Presidential Pavilion. Others discussing this hot topic include... Read More

BY: HEATH H. GALLOWAY In its May 24, 2011, Daily Labor Report ®, the Bureau of National Affairs, Inc. ("BNA") 1 reported that the Occupational Safety and Health Administration ("OSHA") is developing a national emphasis program... Read More