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Nursing Homes and Other Senior Living Facilities Can Take Practical Steps to Reduce Litigation Risks

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The COVID-19 pandemic finds nursing homes and other senior living facilities confronting unprecedented operational challenges and risks. The highly vulnerable population served, combined with the near impossibility of both...more

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Health Law From the Courts: Review of 2019 Connecticut Case Law

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Our annual survey of health law cases for 2019 includes a number of notable decisions affecting the practice of medicine and the delivery of other health care services in Connecticut.  These include the Connecticut Supreme...more

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Probate & Fiduciary Litigation Newsletter – October 2019

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The Probate & Fiduciary Litigation Newsletter compiles recent Trust & Estate cases. Our lawyers are at the forefront of this area of the law, shaping how it is handled in the Probate and Family Court. ...more

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Healthcare Fraud & Abuse Review 2017

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A LOOK BACK... A LOOK AHEAD - While the uncertainty associated with legislative efforts to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) dominated most of the headlines for the healthcare industry last year,...more

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DOJ Bows Out of ManorCare FCA Case

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After years of investigation and litigation, and on the eve of a highly anticipated trial, the government abandoned its FCA case against ManorCare, the nation’s second-largest operator of skilled nursing homes and assisted...more

Haight Brown & Bonesteel LLP

California's Patients' Rights Statute Limits Statutory Damages to a Maximum of $500, Not $500 Per Violation

In Lemaire v. Covenant Care California, LLC, 2015 WL 340677, the Second District Court of Appeal held that while patients may sue nursing facilities under California Health & Safety Code §1430(b) for violation of federal and...more

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Florida Medical Record Disclosure Law Preempted by HIPAA

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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit recently ruled that a Florida law requiring nursing homes to disclose patient records of deceased patients was preempted by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability...more

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Federal Appeals Court Sides With HIPAA Over Florida Law in "Catch 22" Case Over the Release of Deceased Patient Records by Nursing...

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As we first reported in December 2011, it's a common scenario: A Florida nursing home resident dies, and his or her spouse, surrogate, proxy, or attorney requests the resident's medical records. However, if the nursing home...more

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