South Carolina Appellate Courts issued two new legal decisions related to the enforceability of arbitration agreements hidden in nursing home admission paperwork. The Court of Appeals issued an opinion in the nursing home neglect case of Vera Brown. The case name is Rawl v. West Ashley. Rawl v. West Ashley “The circuit court found the
After two mass murder shootings in less than a week, South Carolina senator Tom Corbin has a solution to gun violence. Draft everyone over 17 as a member of a militia. South Carolina’s constitution allows the governor to draft an “unorganized militia” of any “able bodied male citizens” between ages 18 and 45. State law
Falsification Block Club Chicago reported a Chicago nursing home inspector didn’t show up to facilities for at least a year and falsified dozens of inspection reports. An “elder protective investigator” never showed up at those facilities. Instead he filed fake visit reports according to an investigation from Inspector General’s office. “The Chicago Department of Family
Becker’s Hospital CFO Report stated that CMS will cut Medicare payments to 774 hospitals in 2021. These hospitals had the highest rates of avoidable/preventable injuries and infections. Five things to know: 1. The Hospital-Acquired Conditions Reduction Program prevents harm to patients by providing a financial incentive for hospitals to prevent hospital-acquired conditions. A hospital’s total score
Recruitment and retention is a fancy name for preventing high turnover of caregivers. High turnover negatively affects the quality of care. Extraordinarily high turnover at nursing homes contributes to neglect and abuse. Now, a new report proves that failure to recruit and retain caregivers caused deaths during the pandemic. Between 2017 and 2018, median turnover
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