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McCarter & English, LLP

Privilege Denied When Facilities Fail To Comply With NJ Patient Safety Act

Two New Jersey healthcare facilities that violated the New Jersey Patient Safety Act, N.J.S.A. §§ 26:2H-12.23 to -12.25, (PSA), must provide plaintiff patients with internal reports and documents relating to adverse events,...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

When A High Rating Is Not Good

In the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, we now know that well over 1,000 nursing homes “experienced an average overall mortality rate approaching 20%”, according to a recent report from the Office of Inspector General...more

McGuireWoods LLP

COVID Nursing Home Patient Safety Failures Not Actionable under FCA in New York

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In Conte v. Kingston NH Operations LLC, 2022 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 21686, *1, 2022 WL 356753, a New York District court granted a defendant’s motion to dismiss an employee’s false claims allegations under the False Claims Act (the...more

Fisher Phillips

Whistleblower Lawsuit Can Teach Healthcare Employers How To Proactively Manage COVID-19 Risks

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It is no surprise that COVID-19 whistleblower lawsuits are being filed against healthcare employers – and a recent claim filed by a former assistant director at a nursing home facility reveals ways in which healthcare...more

Harris Beach PLLC

Long-Term Care Investigations: Critical Steps To Mitigate Risk and Protect Your Residents, Staff and Reputation

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As widely reported, Gov. Cuomo has asked the state Department of Health and Attorney General Letitia James to conduct an investigation of the state’s long-term care facilities in connection with the COVID-19 pandemic. Data...more

Dentons

CMS Issues Updated Guidance for Nursing Homes

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On Monday, March 9, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued revised guidance for nursing homes relating to COVID-19. The new guidance confirms nursing homes should be implementing visitor restrictions,...more

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

Virginia hospital assailed for seeking court actions to strip patients of decisions on care

A Virginia hospital has found an eyebrow-raising solution to some of  its struggles with elderly, poor, and sick patients who take up beds and medical resources that might generate more revenue and less headache for the...more

McDermott Will & Emery

The New Appendix Q – CMS State Operations Manual Changes Overhaul Immediate Jeopardy for Providers and Suppliers

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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued a Quality, Safety and Oversight Memo on March 5, 2019, which will change how state agency and CMS surveyors will analyze and identify situations of Immediate Jeopardy. ...more

Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley

Hollywood Hills Nursing Home — Grim News

Victims of Profit? The death toll mounted again in the Broward County nursing-home disaster following Hurricane Irma. A ninth patient expired after being evacuated from The Rehabilitation Center at Hollywood Hills in the...more

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

Better Healthcare Newsletter from Patrick Malone - August 2017

Medicine's dirty secret: tens of thousands suffer injury and death from preventable error - Each year tens of thousands of Americans are killed by medical mistakes and errors. These avoidable deaths and the many more...more

Baker Donelson

Field Trips, Resident Safety and Liability: Considerations for Long Term Care Facilities

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In virtually any skilled nursing or assisted living facility, activities for senior residents are an integral part of the facility's operations. Many facilities tout or advertise the activities that their facility offers to...more

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