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Ask for the policies and procedures when your loved one is in a Virginia nursing home
Ask for the policies and procedures when your loved one is in a Virginia nursing home 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

Sometimes, law makers do act with a desire to protect the public. Through Virginia law does not have laws that address staffing in nursing homes (meaning the number of patients one nurse or CNA can serve), there are written rules and laws that affect how licensed nursing homes should be…

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Pharmacists against execution thankfully also against negligent manufacturing practices that killed innocent Virginians
Pharmacists against execution thankfully also against negligent manufacturing practices that killed innocent Virginians 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

This morning the American Pharmacist Association (motto – Improving Medication Use. Advancing Patient Care) published a Policy and Position Paper discouraging pharmacists from creating the drug cocktails used by states in executions. Their reasoning, which I think makes sense, “Pharmacists are health care providers and pharmacist participation in executions conflicts…

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How to file a complaint about a nursing home
How to file a complaint about a nursing home 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

I am grateful we live in a country where consumers have a choice of the products and services they buy. Occasionally, you may live in a rural or remote part of the country where you only have a few choices – one car dealer, one dentist, one grocery store, one…

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Loss of a child – is the doctor at fault?
Loss of a child – is the doctor at fault? 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

There isn’t anything worse than losing a child. And it doesn’t matter when it happens – it rips your heart out and is hard to recover. In fact, it is hard to even breathe after it happens. And in many circumstances, nothing could have prevented the loss. No test, no…

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How to plan so Medicaid can pay for your loved one’s nursing home.
How to plan so Medicaid can pay for your loved one’s nursing home. 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

The title of this blog is almost ironic. Medicaid, under Virginia law, will pay for the long term care of certain elderly patients who do not have the financial resources to pay for the needed care themselves. Amazingly, families with resources (homes, stocks, cars, and retirement plans) often assume that if…

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Best Medical Malpractice Lawyer in Virginia – Legal Elite
Best Medical Malpractice Lawyer in Virginia – Legal Elite 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

I would like to congratulate my partner Dan Frith who was once again named Legal Elite and recognized for his experience representing victims of Medical Malpractice in Virginia. Virginia Business Magazine bases this annual selection on what other attorneys are saying. http://www.virginiabusiness.com/reports/article/health-law-list Dan is not only a smart, tenacious and…

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Is an assisted living facility a health care provider?
Is an assisted living facility a health care provider? 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

I live in an area where retirees and healthcare are big business. Some of the largest and most profitable employers in the area are our hospitals, nursing homes and continuing care retirement communities. Billboards interrupt our pastoral landscape with images of happy seniors, smiling and laughing over a glass of…

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Fewer Transfers = More Profit ?
Fewer Transfers = More Profit ? 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

I recently wrote in our medical malpractice blog about how the focus on profitability in long-term acute care hospitals may affect discharge dates for patients.  Long-term acute care hospitals may be the step just before long-term care and skilled nursing facilities, so I have included that content below: Most of…

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Hospital Discharges for Peak Profit?
Hospital Discharges for Peak Profit? 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

Most of us take for granted that we and the ones we love would only be discharged from a hospital when we are actually medically ready to be discharged.  A recent report by the Wall Street Journal suggests that at least part of the equation for some hospitals is maximizing profitability.…

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Why Medicare Ratings for Nursing Homes matter
Why Medicare Ratings for Nursing Homes matter 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

Would you eat at a restaurant the local health department has rated a D in food safety? Probably not knowingly. So why then, do families place their loved ones in facilities that Medicare has openly rated a 1 out of 5 stars on patient safety? Hopefully, families don’t do this…

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