Understaffed Nursing Homes in Florida Did a loved one suffer abuse or neglect because a facility was understaffed below Florida nursing home staffing requirements? Appropriate staffing is necessary for a facility to properly care for its residents. Understaffing can lead to neglect or abuse. If you believe a loved one was injured at an understaffed...
Understanding Florida’s Nursing Home Regulations & Oversight

The Guardians of Care: Florida Nursing Home Regulations & Shortcomings in AHCA Regulations for Assisted Living Introduction to Regulation of Florida’s Nursing Homes Florida is dedicated to ensuring the safety and well-being of its nursing home residents through a comprehensive regulatory framework. The state’s regulatory agencies and laws, including AHCA regulations for assisted living, aim...
Why is the Nursing Home Restricting my Visit?

Can a Nursing Home Implement a Facility-Wide Lockdown? Across the country, nursing homes are restricting access to visitors due to the coronavirus outbreak in long term care facilities. COVID-19 is particularly dangerous to the elderly, infirm residents in nursing homes. Additionally, because of the close quarters of a skilled nursing facility or assisted living facility,...
Should I Let Mom Go Back to the Nursing Home After an Injury?

Allowing a Loved One to Return to a Nursing Home Following a Fall, Fracture, Bed Sore or Neglect Injury As nursing home abuse lawyers, we get calls every day on potential nursing home injury cases. Oftentimes, the elderly injured victim is still alive. Due to neglect at the nursing home, they suffered a serious injury...
2018 OIG Medicaid Fraud Report Released

The Office of the Inspector General (OIG), along with the Department of Health and Human Services, charged over 600 defendants with crimes regarding over $2 billion dollars in Medicare and Medicaid fraud in the year 2018. The 2018 OIG Medicaid Fraud Report shows strong government interest in going after fraudsters, including nursing homes and assisted living facilities,...
Can I Sue the CEO of a Nursing Home?

Attribution – Tuxyso / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 3.0 Has a loved one been injured in a nursing home or assisted living facility? You should reach out to a law firm that focuses on fighting elder abuse in long-term care facilities The attorneys at Senior Justice Law Firm collectively have decades of experience fighting elder abuse. For a...
Hollywood Hills License Revoked – Judge Orders

In recent news, a Florida judge has affirmed an administrative ruling which revoked Hollywood Hills license due to death related to Hurricane Irma. The State of Florida had previously revoked Hollywood Hills license due to numerous infractions, including improper planning for hurricanes. Why Was Hollywood Hills License Suspended? In September of 2017, Hurricane Irma wrecked...
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...
Law Expands Authority in Pennsylvania Nursing Home Abuse Cases

Nursing home neglect and nursing home abuse often occur together, but represent two distinct causes of action against elder residents at nursing homes. The Pennsylvania Legislature passed the Older Adults Protective Services Act (OAPSA), (amended in 1997) to require specific reporting procedures on suspected abuse. The law requires that: “Any employee or administrator of a...
Nursing Home Resident Bill of Rights Scrapped

Proposal 88, a proposed revision to Florida’s constitution, would guarantee basic human rights to nursing home residents. Unfortunately, the Constitutional Revision Committee withdrew this Bill of Rights from consideration, despite widespread support for the new legislation. Proposal 88 Would Have Protected Nursing Home Residents Florida has little government or agency punitive action when nursing homes...