Fall Kills North Carolina Nursing Home Patient
An 87-year old woman was found dead on the ground beside a loading dock at a Concord, North Carolina, nursing home, one ranked by Medicare as among the worst in…
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Bad Nursing Homes Outweigh Good
The federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services released the ratings for individual homes online this morning. They included ratings for 32 nursing homes in Wake, Durham, Orange, Chatham and…
Read MoreNew Medicaid Rules Allow States to Set Premiums and Higher Co-Payments
A new federal rule gives states sweeping authority to charge premiums and higher co-payments for doctors’ services, hospital care and prescription drugs provided to low-income people under Medicaid. The rule…
Read MoreCould (or Should) Filial Responsibility Laws Require Adult Children to Support Elderly Parents?
With the economic crisis growing in the federal government, there has been quite a buzz recently on the issue of whether adult children should be required by law to support…
Read MoreMedicare and Medicaid announces new “5 star” rating system for Nursing Homes
The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently announced that by the end of 2008, a new 5 star rating system will be added to their website. Similar to…
Read MoreMedicare Stops paying for Medical Mistakes
Medicare has announced that it will stop paying for negligent medical mistakes that are “reasonably preventable”. This will include injuries from falls, serious decubitus ulcers, and other common signs of abuse and neglect…
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