The House Energy and Commerce Committee is looking at reducing Medicaid home equity caps and community spouse income. The Committee wishes to save money by making cuts in Medicaid expenses. But the Committee cannot exceed a minimum of $500,000 plus inflation according to the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005. However, […]

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, […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Background San Mateo Elder abuse Attorneys are gratified to learn that the board of supervisors has voted to spend a portion of state funds on creating a task force to help combat financial elder abuse and nursing home abuse. Attorneys, counsellors, law enforcement and advocates have all banded […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER On Tuesday, November 10th, eight people have been charged by the FBI for abusing California’s workers insurance compensation system. They are medical providers accused of receiving bribes and kickbacks in exchange for providing treatments to injured workers even though it was not necessary. This insurance fraud abuses the […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER San Francisco Nursing Home Abuse Attorneys Discuss the State of Elder Care It’s well known that the tech boom has driven up costs for everyone and everything in San Francisco. Apartments, groceries, bridge toll, and now, advocates say, nursing home costs. California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform, CANHR […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Attorneys Discuss Santa Clara County Elder Abuse Origins of the case In Santa clara country recently, a scam involving telemarketing and reverse mortages is being brought to court. Several elderly residents were caught up on the complicated scam, and the scam artist, now being tried in court, took […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER San Francisco Annuity Fraud Attorneys Explain Why the World is Turning on Annuities What’s going on with annuities? It seems like annuities are suddenly at the center of a whirlwind in the financial industry. A scathing report by Senator Elizabeth Warren, a story in Forbes: just what is […]

San Francisco Elder Abuse Lawyers Discuss the Facts ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER The Background Marin County, the gem of the North Bay and one-time wealthiest county in America. Now seen as a nice place to retire or raise the kids, it is also the location of some high-stakes financial elder abuse cases. […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER FBI investigates a Riverside nursing home The FBI is seeking any evidence in relation to alleged criminal activity at a nursing facility in Riverside. Our California nursing home abuse attorneys do not know the exact nature of the federal probe because the FBI keeps it under seal, but […]