Personal Injury Law

Information on Substandard Nursing Homes
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Takes Step to Improve Quality in Nation?s Nursing Homes. It is still a sad fact, that many individuals in need of long term care following a traumatic brain injury find that they must obtain these services within the confines of a nursing home rather than at home under a TBI waiver program...

CMS fingers the worst nursing homes for bedsore and other appalling stuff
Last week the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services publicly identified over 4000 nursing homes - more than 25% of facilities nationwide - whose residents are physically restrained, or have pressure sores, or both, in excessive numbers...

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Adds New Website to Disclose Bad Nursing Homes
The Centers Medicare and Medicaid Services Nursing Home Compare website has added a new section that allows viewers to see information on nursing homes and identify homes that have drawn increased federal scrutiny for complaints and other forms of nursing home abuse and neglect...

Nursing Homes Receive $1.5 Billion from Medicare
Center for Medicare Advocacy, a watchdog group, is reporting that the nursing home industry is getting an extra $1.5 billion toward reimbursement, from Medicare next year. According to an article in Naples Daily News, nursing home advocates say this amount...

Worst Nursing Homes in U.S. - One is in NC
The U.S. government's Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services has released a report listing the poorest quality nursing homes in the country.  One is in North Carolina - Sunbridge Care and Rehab of the Triad in High Point, which has been poorly performing for 34 months!

Medicare May Cut Nursing Home Payments to Trim Budget
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has threatened to cut its payments for nursing homes by 0.3%. Though the percentage seems small, the economic consequences in the nursing home industry will be much larger...

Nursing Homes
Types of Retirement Facilities and Payment Options

Medicare
Guide to government health insurance for the elderly

Nursing Homes
Many state agencies have reported incidents of negligent care of nursing home residents resulting in death.

Sunwest Management Inc.
allegedly understaffs nursing homes to increase profits.

Ohio Health Centers
Ohio Health Centers Sued for Improper Billing

Skyline Homes Faces Class Action Over Moisture Problems
Skyline Homes

Evenflo
Recalls Children’s Activity Centers

VA Medical Centers
Admit to Drug Overdoses, Software Glitches