Nursing Homes

CMS Announces Nursing Home Minimum Staffing Rule

On April 22, 2024, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced a new final rule requiring minimum staffing levels…

2 weeks ago

Cost of Long-Term Care

For many years, Genworth has produced a Cost of Care Survey tracking the cost of long-term care in America. According…

5 months ago

Opting Out of Arbitration Agreements

Ideally, health care providers do the right thing. Good Care is provided. There is no negligence. But what if they…

10 months ago

Supreme Court Rules Nursing Home Resident Rights Are Enforceable Under Section 1983

Last year we reported that Talevski v. Health and Hospital Corporation of Marion County (HHC) was headed to the Supreme…

11 months ago

Updated Fact Sheet on Medicare Nursing Home Benefit

Medicare includes a nursing home benefit of up to 100 days following a qualifying hospital stay. The Medicare rehabilitation benefit…

11 months ago

Nursing Home Quality of Care Regulations Amended to Remove Expired COVID-19 Provisions

On June 5, 2023, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) amended 42 C.F.R. ยง 483.80 (infection control) and…

11 months ago

Elder Law Mishmash June 2023

The following is a mishmash of information on various Elder Law, Special Needs Law, and Estate Planning issues. It also…

11 months ago

CMS Oversight of Nursing Home Staffing Levels

Nursing homes are intended to be places of comfort and healing. More than 1.4 million individuals live in over 15,500…

12 months ago

The Plaintiff’s Injury Case

There are many types of "Plaintiff's cases." This article focuses on injury cases. Injury cases can be as simple as…

1 year ago

Should You Buy Long-Term Care Insurance

Like all insurance, long-term care insurance policies are designed to cover risk. With these policies, the risk is that you…

1 year ago