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Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Proposal Calls for Increased Transparency of Ownership for Privately Owned Nursing Homes

Continuing the theme of increased transparency of ownership of nursing homes included in the 2010 Affordable Care Act, the White House issued a Fact Sheet titled “Protecting Seniors and People with Disabilities by Improving...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Virtual Event] 2nd National Forum on COVID-19 Liability for Long-Term Care and Senior Care Providers - February 2nd, 8:30 am -...

Join key industry stakeholders for a state of the union on COVID-19 related lawsuits, and an assessment of causes of action & defense preparation strategies. ACI’s 2nd National Forum COVID-19 Liability for Long-Term Care...more

Patrick Malone & Associates P.C. | DC Injury...

For nursing homes, a quarter lack PPE, half have infected staff, study finds

For residents of nursing homes and their loved ones, new and disturbing information has come out on  long-term care facilities’ persistent failure to safeguard the vulnerable from the coronavirus that has killed tens of...more

K&L Gates LLP

K&L Gates Triage: COVID-19: State and Federal Developments in the Regulation of Long-Term Care Facilities

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In this week’s episode, Myla Reizen and Jackie Hoffman discuss recent developments on the state and federal level related to the operation of long-term care facilities in light of the ongoing COVID-19 public health emergency....more

Littler

Delaware’s COVID-19 Considerations for Health Care and Home Health Industries

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Delaware Governor Carney recently issued the Twenty-Seventh Modification: State of Emergency Declaration.  The recent guidelines, which became effective September 4, 2020, contain several sector-specific requirements...more

Patrick Malone & Associates P.C. | DC Injury...

Maryland inspects 226 nursing homes and slaps three with six-figure fines

Maryland officials have wrapped up pandemic-prompted inspections of 226 nursing homes with a pricey rebuke to long-term care facilities that have failed still to safeguard the elderly, sick, and injured from Covid-19, putting...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Will COVID-19 Nursing Home Tragedies Lead to Real Reform?

Editor’s Note: COVID-19 has reaped a horrific toll on our nation’s 2.5 million nursing home residents and their families. People living in nursing homes make up less than 1 percent of the U.S. population yet account for...more

Goodwin

COVID-19 Liability Shields for Nursing Homes and Long-Term Care Facilities in the U.S.

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As of July 30, 2020, at least 62,000 residents and employees of nursing homes and long-term care facilities have died in the United States as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and over 300,000 more have been infected with the...more

K&L Gates LLP

COVID-19: K&L Gates Triage: United States vs Australia-Future of Nursing Homes and Long Term Care Facilities and What it Will Take...

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In this week’s episode, Myla Reizen and Paris Petranis are joined again by Bruce Spurlock, President and CEO of Cynosure Health, and Judi Coombe, a Senior Operations Consultant at Ansell Strategic, to continue their...more

Ruder Ware

5 Ways the Coronavirus May Impact Long-Term Care Insurance

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In Wisconsin, we are soon to reach 25,000 positive COVID-19 test results, over 3,200 hospitalizations, and close to 750 deaths attributed to COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus. It is being recognized that the...more

K&L Gates LLP

COVID-19: K&L Gates Triage: Nursing Homes and Long Term Care Facilities in the COVID-19 Environment: Huge Disparity between United...

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In this week’s episode, Myla Reizen and Paris Petranis are joined by Bruce Spurlock, President and CEO of Cynosure Health, and Judi Coombe, a Senior Operations Consultant at Ansell Strategic, to discuss the effects of the...more

K&L Gates LLP

COVID-19: K&L Gates Triage: Responding to the Unimaginable: Legal Challenges for Nursing Homes & Long-Term Care Facilities in a...

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On this week’s episode, John Lawrence, Myla Reizen and Mark Rush discuss the devastating effects COVID-19 has had on nursing homes and long term care facilities in the United States and potential civil and criminal liability...more

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