Weill Cornell Medical College researchers analyzed ownership and clinical indicators. Researchers found nursing homes owned and operated by private equity firms are more likely to cause residents to visit ambulatory care-sensitive emergency department visits (i.e. traumatic falls) and hospitalizations. The researchers wrote in JAMA Health Forum wrote: “This cohort study suggests that [private equity] firm–owned
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ 2019 rule prohibits nursing homes from forcing residents to sign binding arbitration agreements as a condition of admission to the facility, or as a requirement to continue receiving care. Today is the day surveyors will begin using new guidance to check for compliance since the rule’s Sept. 16, 2019 effective
I cannot imagine the horror of discovering your a caregiver raped your mother. An avoidable nightmare situation for residents and families. However, WXIX reports police accuse Peris Ross of sexually assaulting a 90-year-old nursing home resident. Ross faces charges after reportedly sexually assaulting a woman at the Hyde Park Health Center Assisted Living. Frances Knighten
A jury found Igor Danchenko — a private researcher who was a source for some information about Trump’s significant financial ties to Russia — not guilty of lying to the FBI about where he got his information. A website funded by a deep-pocketed Republican donor initially hired Fusion GPS to dig into Trump’s background. Fusion
The Mental Health Matters Act would ban unfair arbitration clauses, class action waivers, discretionary clauses, and representation waivers in ERISA-governed plans. The Mental Health Matters Act would amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act to make mandatory arbitration clauses unenforceable. This would ban pre-dispute arbitration as a condition of joining the plan. A big win
“Somebody had to smell it. Somebody had to see it. Somebody had to deliver mail. Somebody had to deliver a package. When you see something, say something.” The Genesee County Sheriff charged 32-year-old Stephanie Allison Windus with elder abuse. The victim lived in a double wide mobile home with six other people. Windus failed to