Showing posts with label admission agreement. Show all posts
Showing posts with label admission agreement. Show all posts
Wednesday, March 3, 2021

Esther's Law Protects Ohio Seniors in Nursing and Rehabilitation Institutions by Permitting Cameras and Monitoring

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Residents of Ohio’s nursing homes are permitted to place electronic monitoring devices in their rooms. “Esther’s Law” went into effect on Ma...
Thursday, October 15, 2020

Judge Can Not Impose an ‘Unusual’ Condition on a Reversal of a Default Judgment in a Nursing Home Breach of Contract Lawsuit

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Nursing homes are proficient in protecting themselves from risk of loss where Medicaid is concerned.  Spouses and children of the Medicaid a...
Monday, November 27, 2017

Agent Under Power of Attorney Liable for Damages to Nursing Home for Breach of Contract

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Nursing homes have devised numerous strategies to legally seek reimbursement from residents' family members in light of federal and s...
Monday, March 6, 2017

Nursing Homes Cannot Hold Residents' Family Members Who Signed Admission Agreements Personally Responsible for Cost

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Courts continue to protect family members of nursing home residents from efforts by institutions to hold family members personally responsib...
Tuesday, September 27, 2016

ACLU Takes On Nursing Homes

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McKnight's has published an excellent and illuminating editorial   regarding how some seniors who need institutional care are routinely...
Wednesday, September 30, 2015

Senators Seek To Ban Arbitration Clauses in Nursing Home Admission Agreements

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McKight's reports that a group of  senators urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)   to ban arbitration clauses ...
Monday, September 21, 2015

Incorrect Denial of Medicaid Benefits Not a Defense to Nursing Home Claim on Contract

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A recent case illustrates that seniors, their families, and caregivers should not rely upon institutions or the state to plan for their ...
Wednesday, June 17, 2015

Use of Filial Responsibility to Collect a Nursing Home Debt Survives Federal Challenges

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The State of Pennsylvania is racking up victories supporting the use of filial responsibility in resource recovery of Medicaid benefits. ...
Wednesday, April 1, 2015

Nursing Home Resident Not Entitled to Hearing on Readmission After Hospitalization

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Nursing homes have almost unlimited authority to refuse to readmit a resident following a hospitalization.  This was demonstrated  recently...
Thursday, March 19, 2015

Daughter Who Signed as Trustee Has Authority to Bind Mother to Nursing Home Agreement

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A Kentucky appeals court recently held that a daughter who signed a nursing home's financial agreement in her capacity as trustee of h...
Monday, July 28, 2014

Former Resident Liable to Nursing Home for Unjust Enrichment

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A New York trial court has held that a nursing home is entitled to summary judgment on an unjust enrichment claim against a former resident...
Tuesday, May 6, 2014

Nursing Home Sues Resident's Daughter with Impunity Since Admissions Agreement Did Not Give Nursing Home The Right to Sue the Daughter

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New Jersey's highest court has ruled that an admissions agreement signed by a nursing home resident's daughter did not violate fe...
Tuesday, January 1, 2013

Nursing Home May Sue Resident's Daughter for Breach of Contract

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A Connecticut trial court has ruled that a nursing home may sue a resident's daughter for breach of contract because she agreed to use...