CMS is currently considering whether or not to ban pre-dispute arbitration documents from nursing home admission contracts. The patient or their family members must sign home admission contracts before they can be admitted, and these contracts are often lengthy and complex. Unfortunately, sometimes these contracts contain a pre-dispute arbitration document, and if the patient signs
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Troubled Nursing Homes with History of Poor Care Make Special Government List
By Stark & Stark on
Posted in Levels of Care, Nursing Home Information
Recently, the August 2015 Special Focus Facility List was published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). The CMS regularly visits nursing homes to assure that they are administering the quality of care that Medicare and Medicaid require. With these regular visits, the CMS will identify any deficiencies in the quality of care…