Thursday, January 28, 2021

New York Undercounted Nursing Home Death Toll by 56%; Scrutiny Turns to Other States

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New York’s nursing-home death toll from COVID-19 may be more than 50 percent higher than officials claim, because Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s admini...

Lawsuit Challenges Nursing Home Liability Protections for Non-COVID Death

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Survivors of a former North Carolina nursing home resident are suing the facility where she died in what McKnight's Long-term Care News ...
Wednesday, January 27, 2021

IRS Contests Value of Prince Estate, Who Died Without A Will Claiming Estate Worth $163.2 Million

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The ongoing controversy over the money left behind by Prince when he died without a will is heating up again after Internal Revenue Service ...
Monday, January 25, 2021

Florida Investigates Nursing Home Reportedly Funneling Vaccines to Rich Donors

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The State of Florida is investigating allegations that an upscale West Palm Beach nursing home diverted scarce COVID-19 vaccinations meant f...
Wednesday, January 20, 2021

Potential Miracle Treatment Promoted by Feds for SNFs

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COVID-19 monoclonal antibodies are now widely available for use by skilled nursing facilities  — and early results show promise, according t...
Monday, January 18, 2021

Surprise! New Law Bans "Surprise" Medical Billing

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A legislative "solution" to surprise billing managed to find it's way into the year-end spending and COVID-19 relief packages....
Friday, December 4, 2020

Wife Had Authority to Transfer Property to Herself Under a Power of Attorney

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Planning for spouses is particularly tricky when one is acting one behalf of another and the latter is incompetent.   Transfer of assets to ...
Monday, November 16, 2020

A Trustee Has a Duty to Preserve Trust for Beneficiaries, Not to Ensure Payment of Alimony to Grantor’s Ex-Wife

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An Iowa appeals court recently ruled that a trustee of his father’s trust is not liable for interference with a contract when he stopped pay...
Wednesday, November 11, 2020

Feds Fail to Unlock Nursing Home “SLUSH FUND” to Fight COVID19

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A   Gray Media investigation   has blown the lid off of one the nursing home industry’s most guarded secrets—it’s called the Civil Monetary ...
Tuesday, November 10, 2020

Good Idea: Rhode Island Lifespan Respite Project Work Initiative Increases Access to Respite Care While Training Nursing Students

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The Rhode Island Lifespan Respite Project at the Rhode Island Office of Healthy Aging implemented a workforce development initiative, CareBr...