Medicare changed the rules for paying skilled nursing facilities in hopes of reducing waste, fraud, and abuse. Instead of rewarding therapy volume, the new payment model placed more weight on patient diagnoses and clinical complexity. That was the intent. A recent Forbes piece highlights what happened next: facilities began coding residents as having more illnesses
For any attorney who makes a living lying through their cases or embezzling money—you’re in luck. Slate reported that Attorney General Pam Bondi was working to make your life much easier. As of last week, Bondi has been quietly working with the DOJ to revoke state bars’ rights to investigate fraudulent lawyers. This means that
South Carolina’s Community Choices Medicaid waiver is designed to help elderly residents who qualify for nursing home level care remain in their homes or communities rather than entering a facility. Participants must meet the same clinical criteria required for institutional placement, meaning they often need assistance with basic activities of daily living such as bathing,
The ongoing bankruptcy of Genesis HealthCare shows just how easily corporate nursing home chains can dodge accountability, even after families win hard-fought settlements for injuries and deaths. CBS News and KFF Health News reporting makes it clear: Genesis settled at least 155 lawsuits involving serious harm and wrongful death, often with delayed-payment provisions, and still
Recently, Trump cancelled the charges against Daniel Edwin Wilson, a man who was serving time in prison for gun charges. The president justified pardoning the criminal because Wilson had previously participated in the January 6th breach of the Capitol. A little over a year after Wilson’s participation, six firearms and 4,800 rounds of ammunition were
LawFuel had an interesting article about arbitrary caps on damages in cases involving vulnerable adults. Florida’s legal landscape for nursing home litigation has shifted significantly following the elimination of statutory caps on non-economic damages. In its 2017 decision in North Broward Hospital District v. Kalitan, the Florida Supreme Court ruled that these caps violated the
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