Obtaining a Copy of the Nursing Home Incident Report Long-term care facilities are legally required to create a nursing home incident report following any serious injury or allegation of abuse. State regulations and federal guidelines via CMS, mandate that after a serious event occurs, the facility must conduct an internal investigation. Following the internal investigation,...
Ohio Nursing Home Resident “Rotted to Death” Inside Facility

Nurses Face Criminal Manslaughter Indictment for Gross Patient Neglect National news outlets are uncovering a horrific tale of nursing home neglect inside a Columbus, Ohio nursing home. Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost stated that a patient “literally rotted to death” due to nursing home negligence. This terrifying malpractice has resulted in multiple, separate instances of...
What is a CMS RUG Score, and Can It Show Fraud?

In October of 2010, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released a new Long Term Care Minimum Data Set (MDS). MDS 3.0 is the current standardized document that must be completed for residents in long-term care facilities that are certified to participate in Medicare or Medicaid and contains the important RUG score. The...
Nursing Home Medication Error Leads to Criminal Charges

When Nursing Home Negligence Becomes Fatal… Johonna Hull, a Greenbriar Healthcare Center staff member, faces criminal charges for a nursing home wrongful death. Ms. Hull is alleged to have administered the wrong prescription to one of the facility’s residents. The nursing home medication error caused the resident to die a particularly sudden and unexpected death....