Category: Nursing Facility Abuse

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER This year is the 50th anniversary of the Medicare program, and caregivers often find navigating Medicare and Medicaid to be one of the most difficult parts of managing a loved one’s finances and healthcare. San Francisco elder abuse attorneys emphasize that caregivers should know the basics and major […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services recently unveiled major new protections for nursing home residents. This 400-page proposed rule is the first comprehensive update of nursing home regulations since 1991, during which time the Medicare nursing home population has nearly tripled to 1.8 million people. The proposed […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Nursing home network Hebrew Homes agreed to pay $17 million to settle a False Claims Act suit brought by their former CFO. According to the CFO, Hebrew Homes allegedly violated the Anti-Kickback Statute, which prohibits the exchange (or offer to exchange), of anything of value, in an effort […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER As the number of nursing home residents in the United States has increased, so has the risk for the elderly to be victims of negligence or abuse, say California nursing home abuse attorneys. According to the Kaiser Family Health Foundation, nearly 1.5 million senior citizens in the U.S. […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER The Department of Justice has announced that it has intervened in a whistleblower lawsuit against one of the nation’s largest nursing home chains, HCR ManorCare. The Department of Justice alleges that HCR ManorCare, a nursing home chain based in Ohio, overbilled Medicare patients. The whistleblower lawsuit was originally […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER A recent ruling in a California Appellate Court has major implications for medical malpractice cases. In Keys vs. Alta Bates Summit Medical Center, plaintiffs’ counsel scored a major victory for their clients, in a decision that allows for an injured plaintiff to exceed the $250,000 MICRA cap through […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER The owner of a nursing home who is accused of abandoning elderly and mentally ill residents in a Castro Valley senior home was arrested on March 10, along with her top administrator. Owner Herminigilda Noveda Manuel and administrator Edgar Babael were indicted on 14 felony counts of elder […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER North American Health Care, which is based out of California and operates 35 nursing homes throughout the Western United States, has filed for bankruptcy protection. More than 15 elder abuse lawsuits have been filed against the chain since 2013. Sonoma County elder abuse lawyers and other plaintiffs’ attorneys […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER With the projected outlook that the elderly population in California states such as San Francisco, will be doubled by 2025 to 6.4 million (largest senior growth rate than any other state) it is safe to assume that the majority of them will end up in a nursing home. […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER There is great concern about increased antipsychotic use on the elderly in nursing homes. Elders who are prescribed these drugs are placed at an increased risk of heart failure, autoimmune diseases, and even death. However, between 10 to 30 percent of long-stay residents in U.S. nursing homes are […]