In early 2021, the Colorado Court of Appeals issued an opinion in Johnson v. Rowan Inc., 2021 WL 280523 (Colo. App. 2021). The case involved the enforceability of an arbitration agreement in the stack of admission paperwork. The Colorado Health Care Availability Act (HCAA) permits mandatory pre-dispute arbitration between patients and their health care providers
Abuse and Cruelty The owner/operator of Woodhaven Senior Living is in trouble. Police arrested Kent Allen Womack for cruelty to people over the age of 65. Scared ad concerned residents called investigators after finding residents living in temperatures higher than 90 degrees. They quickly discovered the facility had no working air conditioner, with the thermostat
The Biden Administration will allow nursing facilities can use Provider Relief Fund payments for expenses that date back to Jan. 1, 2020. Industry lobbyist LeadingAge issued a report arguing a provider who received a PRF payment can submit for lost revenue or “uncompensated” expenses. This flexibility is ripe for waste, fraud, and abuse. Providers who
Politics in Trumpland Republican congressional candidate William Braddock threatened to kill a fellow candidate. A recorded phone conversation shows Florida Man Braddock threatening to hire assassins to eliminate his main opponent in the race. Braddock threatens to organize an assassination on his congressional seat opponent, Anna Paulina Luna. “I really don’t want to have to
Average life expectancy in the United States dropped in 2020. A new study published in The BMJ found between 2018 and 2020, the decrease in average life expectancy at birth in the U.S. was roughly 1.9 years. This is horrible compared to other high-income countries. In fact, the decrease is 8.5 times larger than the
A federal court in Texas dismissed a frivolous lawsuit by 117 hospital employees. The employees believe they have certain rights to refuse a workplace vaccination requirement. Judge Lynn N. Hughes, a Reagan appointee, said Plaintiffs had no case. Houston Methodist suspended 178 employees who refuse the vaccine requirement. Plaintiffs “misconstrued” the law and “misrepresented the