Acute-care hospitals treat about 2.5 million pressure ulcers each year, and as many as 15% of hospitalized patients may have pressure ulcers at any one time, according to the Institute for Healthcare Improvement. That is too many for a preventable condition. They are considered to be medical errors. Last May the federal Centers for Medicare […]
Lawyers who handle personal injury cases are required by the IRS to give the IRS and the client who received settlement money a tax form indicating how much was received. While most of lawyers who handle this sort of work do not handle tax matters, we are aware that the law is supposed to be […]
Last Tuesday, a new administration was sworn in and with some significant changes in Congress there is real optimism that the S. Bill 2838, Fairness in Nursing Home Arbitration Act may pass this year. This bill provides that a pre-dispute arbitration agreement between a long-term care facility and a resident (or anyone acting on the […]
