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I have to turn away countless families of would-be cases because they do not have the right statutory survivor to bring a wrongful death case in Florida. Most are surprised; even shocked. How can this be fair? The short answer is; it is not fair. Florida has some of the strictest wrongful death laws due...

Who: CMS, The federal agency that controls billions in Medicare and Medicaid disbursement. What: Wants to repeal the ban on nursing home arbitration agreements. Why: Nursing home arbitration agreements prevent injured residents from suing the negligent nursing home in a court of law. Nursing Home Arbitration Agreements May Be Here to Stay The Centers for...

Yet Another Florida Facility Owner Convicted of Medicare & Medicaid Fraud Ilfrenise Charlemagne was the owner and operator of Hilcrest Residential Assisted Living Facility in St. Pete. She will now reside in a Florida penitentiary due to repeated instances of stealing resident funds to pay for her personal lifestyle expenses. The Assisted Living Medicare and...

Ever wish you could monitor your loved one in a nursing home with a Granny camera? New Jersey just made that easier for its residents. Attorney General Chris Porrino announced recently that the State of New Jersey’s Division of Consumer Affairs will sponsor a program to distribute mini surveillance cameras for use inside nursing homes...

Brookdale West Boynton Received Multiple Violations in Recent State Survey Multiple AHCA investigations resulted in Brookdale West Boynton Beach Assisted Living Facility being cited for poor care. These unannounced state investigative surveys of the facility found numerous violations of Ch. 429 of the Florida Statutes, which governs Assisted Living Facility negligence in Florida. As a...

Philip Esformes is notorious in the nursing home industry. The son of Morris Esformes, the Illinois and Florida nursing home magnate, Philip followed in his father’s line of work. Unfortunately, Mr. Philip Esformes is alleged to not play by the rules. In 2016, Philip Esformes was indicted in the largest ever alleged Medicare fraud case ($1...

Candidate Trump ran on repealing and replacing Obamacare. However, in a misguided attempt to lower healthcare costs, President Trump and the GOP now want to bundle extreme tort reform measures into the Obamacare replacement plan. This favors corporations in violation of the Constitution. 7th Amendment to the US Constitution Protects Litigants Access to Courts The...

Signature Nursing Home Abuse Case Recently, a Memphis nursing home facility, owned and operated by the long term care conglomerate Signature Healthcare, was terminated from Medicare due to repeated instances of negligent nursing home care. Signature Healthcare at St. Francis has 8 remaining residents at this time. At its peak, the Signature nursing home held...

60+ residents required emergency rescuing by the state in the summer of 2016 at the Benchmark Healthcare nursing home in Festus, Missouri. Why? Nursing home owner Johnnie Mac Sells admitted to spending more than half a million dollars from Medicaid, intended for resident care, on strippers, online gambling and resort fees at his local country...

Everyone has heard the term ‘nursing home abuse’ but most are unsure how to spot signs of neglect. Be on the lookout for these 7 deadly sins of nursing home abuse: I. Bedsores A bedsore (pressure ulcer) is an injury which occurs due to unrelieved pressure. These pressure wounds typically form on a patient’s sacrum...