Category: Elder Abuse California

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER A $125 Million Settlement Put Skilled Nursing Facilities on Notice A Qui Tam Lawsuit against the Kindred/RehabCare Nursing home company has just settled for $125 million, according to the law firm that handled the case. The claims, levied under the False Claims Act, were that nursing homes owned […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER The Ins and Outs of the Annuity Who’s paying for your annuity? If you own an annuity or are thinking or purchasing one, you probably know what’s supposed to happen with your money. You pay a lump sum up front, and the company you purchased it from guarantees […]

Collaboration between Attorney General Kamala Harris and AARP California to Protect Seniors from Fraud and Abuse In California, seniors are really representatives of this state, but also are vulnerable. They are the targets of many fraud and abuse schemes. Moreover, when they are old and alone, they are the perfect […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Whole Life Insurance and How to Escape It Somewhere in the vicinity of 60 percent of people living in the United States have some sort of life insurance. Insurance companies collect millions in revenue off the policies, and most people agree that it’s important to own. Getting one […]

Hospital in California Allegedly Involved in a Healthcare Fraud Including Kickbacks, Justice Claims $600 Million in Return ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER In California, the Pacific Hospital is involved in a healthcare fraud case with an alleged $600 million in falsified billing in an eight-year period. The scheme was allegedly created by the […]

Transamerica, Fidelity and Guarantee, and Gambling with your Life ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER There’s a reason Life Insurance is considered a safe bet. For over a century, these policies have been among the most carefully regulated in the financial world. Insurers like Transamerica, Allstate, and Fidelity and Guarantee are obligated to have […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER It’s a sad truth that as we get older, we are more and more likely to be taken advantage of by those around us, be it emotionally, financially, or physically. Seniors are frequent targets of scams, tend to be isolated from support, and may lack the physical or […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Healthcare fraud is often a fairly technical area of law: large companies misusing funds, fraudulently billing Medicare or Medi-Cal, or improperly treating patients not in need of expensive procedures. Cases often revolve around class disputes, the finer points of qui tam law and the false claims act, or […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER The California Secretary of Health and Human Services, Diana Dooley, is suing to prevent the dumping of nursing homes residents, which is in violation of federal law. The lawsuit alleges that California nursing homes send their Medi-Cal residents into hospitals and then refuse to readmit them to the […]

Nursing homes in California are deficient in several domains. There are on average twelve deficiencies per certified nursing facility in the state. Most of the time it concerns the facility infrastructure and the activities provide by the employees. But sometimes it directly impacts on the health of the residents. Indeed, […]