Elder Law

Does Your Health Care Suffer From Limited English Proficiency
A few days ago, noting some of the provisions in one of the pending health care bills I asked, Is Your Health Care Culturally Incompetent?. Now, looking at the 1018 page bill just passed by the House Energy and Commerce Committee on a 31-28 vote, I have one question: Was it written by anthropologists? I ask this because of the bill?s pervasive concern with ?culturally and linguistically appropriate services? (page 91), ?EFFECTIVE CULTURALLY AND LINGUISTICALLY APPROPRIATE COMMUNICATION? (page 106), ?DEMONSTRATION TO PROMOTE ACCESS FOR MEDICARE BENEFICIARIES WITH LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY BY PROVIDING REIMBURSEMENT FOR CULTURALLY AND LINGUISTICALLY APPROPRIATE SERVICES,? (page 405), concern with ?the effect of delivering culturally and linguistically appropriate services on beneficiary access to care, utilization of services, efficiency and cost-effectiveness of health care delivery, patient satisfaction, and select health outcomes? (page 415), with the ?COORDINATION OF DIVERSITY AND CULTURAL COMPETENCY PROGRAMS? (page 914), with ?CULTURAL AND LINGUISTIC COMPETENCY TRAINING FOR HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS? (page 915) Pausing for a moment on this coordination of diversity and cultural competency programs, be reassured that in giving grants to meet this goal, the Secretary shall give preference to entities that have a demonstrated record of the following: (1) Addressing, or partnering with an entity with experience addressing, the cultural and linguistic competency needs of the population to be served through the grant or contract...

Is Your Health Care Culturally Incompetent
If so, don?t worry. Help may be on the way. HR3200, the health care reform bill introduced in the House, provides, in two places, for the ?COORDINATION OF DIVERSITY AND CULTURAL COMPETENCY PROGRAMS...

UN Report Tries Unsuccessfully to Create New LBGT Rights
Stefano Gennarini at C-Fami Friday Fax: A new UN report provides a window into the aspirations of LGBT rights advocates and sympathizers within the UN human rights machinery, aspirations that go well beyond mere tolerance.

New Medicare Requirement
Medicare home health care costs doubled to $19 billion in 2009 from 2002. As a result, the Centers for Medicare and Medicare Services (CMS) is now requiring that patients receiving home health care must meet face-to-face with their doctors in...

Moral on Cultural Competency & Legal Education
Beverly I. Moran (Vanderbilt Law School) has posted Disappearing Act: The Lack of Values Training in Legal Education - A Case for Cultural Competency (Southern University Law Review, Forthcoming) on SSRN...

Health Care Social Media Workshop on the Web: Four-Part Webinar Starts January 26
You?re invited to join Jamie Verkamp, of the health care marketing consultancy (e)Merge, and me, for a 4 part webinar series specifically tailored to healthcare organization leaders...

Medicare
Guide to government health insurance for the elderly

Cumulative Voting
Protecting minority shareholder interests

The Civil Rights Act of 1871
Law bans discrimination enacted under color of state law

State Will Statutes
State Differences in Last Will and Testament Checklist

Discrimination
Federal laws prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, or disability

Heart of Atlanta v United States
Supreme Court Decision: Civil Rights Act Protected by Interstate Commerce Clause

Medicare Fraud
IJKG, LLC pays government $2.5 million settlement after Bayonne Medical Center overcharged for in and out patient care.

Lawsuit Filed Against Legacy Health Care Facilities for Nursing Home Abuse
Legacy Health Care Facilities Face Class Action Over Allegations of Abuse

Valley Vista Care Center
$3.5 million nursing home negligence settlement.

Convicted Caretakers
Senior care center agrees to $175,000 settlement in false advertising lawsuit.

Windsor Healthcare Management
allegedly provided substandard care and neglected the rights of its senior residents.

Coventry Health Care, Inc. 401(k) / ERISA Stock Fraud
Coventry Health Care, Inc. 401(k) / ERISA Stock Fraud