McKnight’s reported on a new research that supports an obvious conclusion. Staffing stability is a critical key component to nursing home quality. Researchers have long understood nurse turnover’s influence and impact on nursing home quality, maybe even for two decades. Still, turnover wasn’t added to Care Compare for over a decade after an overall staffing
S 244: 2025 “Insurance Welfare Act” Section Summary SECTION 1: Several Liability / Non-Parties on Verdict Form • Currently, the South Carolina Contribution Among Tortfeasors Act limits a party’s liability based on that party’s own percentage of fault. It is false to say that a business is 100% liable when it is only 1% a
McKnight’s had an article showing how the profitable nursing home industry is whining about regulatory oversight. According to Foley & Lardner partner Matt Krueger, the increased “scrutiny” faced by nursing home providers since 2020 includes an “overall increased and increasingly hostile approach by surveyors in the quality-of-care area. Another area that I think we continue
2022: FL insurers begged and passed tort reform saying they were suffering huge losses: https://www.crcgroup.com/Tools-Intel/post/florida-aims-to-rebuild-homeowners-market-with-reform-law#:~:text=On%20Dec.,take%20a%20more%20active%20role 2024: Two years later, insureds are complaining about insurance claim horror stories: https://www.newsbreak.com/news/3760973838784-two-years-after-reforms-lawmakers-share-insurance-horror-stories 2/24/25: Now, a previously unpublished 2022 report, obtained by the Miami Herald/Tampa Bay Times, indicates that insurer parent companies were steering billions of dollars to affiliate companies, all while
According to experts and advocates, as the number of older adults in long-term care facilities grows, there is a greater need for ombudsman staff and volunteers in order to increase resident disputes. Recent legislation was introduced to improve the ombudsman program. Kaine said: “This legislation aims to strengthen the ombudsman program and ensure that trained
What Does S.244 Really Do? Shields negligent corporations, hospitals, trucking companies, and bad actors from full accountability. Lets insurance companies pay victims LESS while they rake in RECORD profits. Makes it harder for South Carolinians to get justice when they’ve been harmed. Bails out billion-dollar insurers like GEICO, State Farm, and Berkshire Hathaway. This isn’t
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