“A patient’s timely access to health records is paramount for medical care. The Office for Civil Rights continues to receive complaints from individuals and personal representatives on behalf of individuals who do not receive timely access to their health records. OCR will continue to vigorously enforce this essential right to ensure compliance by health care
The Verdict is a 1982 American legal classic film directed by Sidney Lumet and written by David Mamet. The film stars Paul Newman as a down-on-his-luck alcoholic lawyer who accepts a medical malpractice case involving a young woman improperly given general anesthesia during childbirth at a hospital, after which she choked on her vomit and was left comatose. Galvin notices the admitting nurse,
Journalist Sean Campbell has been investigating how non-profit nursing homes avoid public scrutiny by “cutting corners” on financial expenses. He discovered that residents at the Landmark of Louisville Rehabilitation and Nursing have been harassing other residents and engaging in explicit activities. The cultivation of these activities comes from the lack of staff and supervision, leading
A recent article at Politico reported the greed and failure of Atrium Health. The for-profit chain was forced to closed and transfer the vulnerable adults under their care. The older and vulnerable residents relied on the care of the home. Suddenly being relocated with very little notice is traumatic especially those with dementia. The Center
McKnight’s reported a disturbing study on how much money nursing homes divert to related parties with common ownership. Greater costs especially in real estate (20%) and management (25%) occur. UCLA and Lehigh University researchers found as much as 63% of nursing home profits in Illinois were hidden from state regulators using related party transactions in 2019.