Legal

Ethical and legal debates regarding COVID-19 vaccine mandates continue to swirl around the long-term care industry, even as some operators have already decided to require their workers to receive the inoculations.

A top legal adviser is cautioning skilled nursing providers to remain vigilant and strictly adhere to the latest guidance and regulations during the national public health emergency, when the threat of...

A judge is forcing a North Carolina nursing home to pay interest on $2 million in damages awarded last year, even though the original award had been temporarily vacated.

The federal government wants a court to toss Kindred Healthcare’s attempt to collect $10.1 million in dual-eligible payments, according to legal filings reported this week.

Each of these key terms can present significant risks if not negotiated or, at a minimum, understood when dealing with a Software as a Service (SaaS) agreement. All providers should be aware.

There has been so much in the news about arbitration agreements over the past year. Are we in the clear and can we use them again?

Two former caretakers at an Illinois long-term care facility have been charged with Class 3 felony counts of criminal neglect in the death of a 69-year-old resident with developmental disabilities, who...

A nursing home for paroled inmates that recently received approval for federal funding is now locked in a legal battle with its neighbors, who argue the facility is hurting their property values and putting...

I’d say the thing we write about most often in this line of work is payment issues. As a long-term care provider, you are eternally under pressure with whether there will be enough to pay for everything.

The healthcare world currently ranks as the fourth most victimized industry when it comes to fraud, falling prey to roughly 6.6% of all fraud incidents. In the long-term care sector, experts recently shared,...