Nursing Home Law Blog
"Information related to nursing homes & the care that they provide."
Author: This blawg is written by associate Brian Murphy and partner David Cohen from Stark & Stark's Lawrenceville, N.J., office. Stark & Stark also publishes Traumatic Brain Injury Blog, New Jersey Law Blog and Construction Litigation Law Blog.
Blawg Related Categories: Elder Law • Law Practice Management • Legislation & Lobbying • Associate • Partner
Recent Posts from Nursing Home Law Blog
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National Nurses Movement
National Nurses Movement Launches Ad Campaign for Nurse TV Shows By: PR Newswire Jun. 16, 2009 02:17 PM RN SuperUnion Uses "Pop Culture Moment" to Advocate for Safe RN Staffing Levels Bill and Nurse Rights…
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Trenton Providence Nursing Home Patient Left Behind
Saturday June 13, 2009 Providence Nursing & Rehab Center located on Bellevue Avenue in Trenton, NJ sent a group of its residents on an outing to the Casinos in Atlantic City. The residents were monitored…
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Kindred Settlement $1.3 Million
Kindred, PharMerica to pay $1.3 million settlement By Gregg Blesch Posted: June 12, 2009 Kindred Healthcare and PharMerica, a company formed in part from Kindred’s spun-off institutional pharmacy division, have entered a $1.3 million settlement…
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Whistleblower Sues Oklahoma Nursing Home for Wrongful Termination
A former female employee is suing Cimarron Pointe Care Center and one of its contractors for wrongful termination after she reported abuse and neglect of the nursing facility's residents. To read the full article click…
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Golden Living Attending Physician Provided Misleading Responses on Medical License Applications
Dr. Lewis A. Rogatnick is a attending physician at Golden Living Center- Rose Hill in Berryville. Dr. Rogatnick is also the medical director at Heritage Hill Nursing Home. Doris Critzer, whose mother, Lorena Virginia Tumblin,…
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Lawsuit Against Assisted Living Concepts, Inc.
The family of an elderly Bridgeton woman claims a Millville nursing home intentionally misled them by promising she could remain in the facility after she depleted her personal savings, and then threatening her with eviction…
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Omnicare Inc. paid settlement for Medicaid Fraud Charges
Omnicare, Inc., paid $283,000 to settle Medicaid fraud charges by the State of Delaware. Delaware alleged that the pharmacy had committed Medicaid fraud by illegally switching the drugs of senior citizens in nursing homes and…
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States Diverting Medicaid Funds to Fill Budget Holes
A recent report from the House Committee on Oversight cites 8 states--New York, Michigan, Virginia, West Virginia, Kansas, Indiana, Florida, and Nevada--that are likely to use medicaid stimulus funding to fill budget gaps rather than to…
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N.J. Public Advocate Says Assisted-Living Company Wrongly Evicted Elderly Residents
New Jersey's Public Advocate today accused a national assisted living company of "breaking its trust" with customers by trying to evict dozens of frail and elderly South Jersey residents who sought Medicaid assistance when they…
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State closes admissions to Golden Living Facility
Golden Living Center Mountain View, a 120-bed licensed nursing home in Winchester, was ordered Tuesday not to admit new residents. To read the full article click here. (PDF)