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No U.S. troops are fighting in foreign wars. Crime including murders have plummeted. Overdose deaths have dropped sharply. Undocumented immigration is below where it was when Trump left office. Stocks are at an all time high. The Biden economy is growing, real wages are rising, inflation has fallen to its normal range, unemployment is at

Strengthening Advocacy for Long-Term Care Residents Act

There is a growing number of elderly adults in long-term care facilities, which creates a greater need for ombudsman staff and volunteers. Legislation by Sens. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) and Bob Casey (D-Pa.) aims to improve the ombudsman program. Kaine says, “This legislation aims to strengthen the ombudsman program and ensure that trained professionals are available

Chevron Doctrine and Surveys

The Supreme Court removed the broad discretion regulatory agencies possess to set rules for the entities they cover. The elimination of the “Chevron” doctrine will have significant negative implications across the nursing home industry. It may even impact the outcome of specific lawsuits challenging the CMS regulation for nursing home staffing mandates. The majority in

Chains and Staffing

A recent study conducted by Matthew P. Maughan examined more than 9,000 US nursing homes across 610 different chains. Maughan told McKnight’s Long-Term Care News: “Large chains benefit in terms of administrative efficiency, but staffing is one of those inputs to the process that does not ‘scale’ well; larger employers can get by on less

Nuclear Verdicts in 2024

Juries are going “nuclear” by compensating victims with increasing large verdicts against U.S companies. This trend is making insurance policies more costly and harder to come by for those nursing homes that neglect and abuse vulnerable adults. The number of cases where the Jury awards $10 million against corporate defendants, known as “nuclear” verdicts, has

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$42 Million Given Back for over 8,000 Investors

$1.05 Million Largest Nursing Home Jury Award in Spartanburg History

$2.32 Million in “Unprecedented” Jury Award Against Nuisance Landfill

$1.05 Million Largest Nursing Home Jury Award in Spartanburg History

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