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FROM BAD TO WORSE – ASSISTED LIVING TO NO ASSISTANCE 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

FROM BAD TO WORSE – ASSISTED LIVING TO NO ASSISTANCE

POP QUIZ: 1. Your loved one lives in an assisted living facility in Virginia. That facility is: (a) a health care provider;(b) has a duty to provide medical care to your loved one;(c) none of the above. 2. Your loved one’s facility sends you a letter that says they will provide the same services but…

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DO YOU HAVE A NON-COMPETE? 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

DO YOU HAVE A NON-COMPETE?
DEEP THROAT TO DIVULGE HEALTH INSURER’S TRICKS 150 150 Dan Frith
  • Dan Frith

DEEP THROAT TO DIVULGE HEALTH INSURER’S TRICKS

Remember Watergate and the down fall of President Richard Nixon? Well, this might not be quite as good but it is going to be interesting! For nearly 20 years, Wendell Potter, 57, had a six-figure job inside the health insurance industry, most recently as Vice President of Corporate Communications for the CIGNA Corporation. He left…

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IMPORTANT COURT DECISION ON FINANCIAL ADVISORS AND NON-COMPETES 150 150 Dan Frith
  • Dan Frith

IMPORTANT COURT DECISION ON FINANCIAL ADVISORS AND NON-COMPETES

The U.S. District Court in Norfolk, Virginia just issued an important ruling on the effects of non-compete/non-solicitation agreements on financial advisors who are regulated by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority or “FINRA.” The case is Bank of America Investments Services, Inc. v. Michael Byrd and Gregory Harris. Byrd and Harris were employed as financial advisors…

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NON-COMPETES AND PROFESSIONALS 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

NON-COMPETES AND PROFESSIONALS

People call our office and say “I am not worried because I know my non-compete can’t be enforced.” Seriously? Where did you hear that? (I want to ask). Finally, I found the source of this terrible and incorrect rumor. The internet. I just read an article purporting to give legal advice on non-competes and the…

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WHO IS TAKING CARE OF YOUR LOVED ONE? 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

WHO IS TAKING CARE OF YOUR LOVED ONE?

Who is taking care of your loved one in a Virginia Nursing Home? Well – other than the 20 minutes a month a physician will see them for Medicare/ Medicaid certifications, and the few minutes a day an RN will review their chart, they are being primarily cared for by CNAS – Certified Nursing Assistants.…

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VIRGINIA…ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES….AND MEDICIAD 150 150 Dan Frith
  • Dan Frith

VIRGINIA…ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES….AND MEDICIAD

The Roanoke Times published an article today (from the Washington Post) titled, “107 Year Old Man Outlives His Savings-Again.” The article is about Larry Haubner, a healthy 107 year old living in the Greenfield Assisted Living facility near Washington, DC. Larry’s problem is that he has no family and no assets to pay the bills…

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DOCTORS AND NON-COMPETES: ANOTHER REPORT 150 150 Dan Frith
  • Dan Frith

DOCTORS AND NON-COMPETES: ANOTHER REPORT

I just read an interesting article about a doctor in Montana who may be prevented from moving her medical practice from one hospital to a local Veterans Administration Hospital. It appears Dr. Elain Samuel had previously entered into a “recruitment contract” with St. Peter’s Hospital which prevented her from “competing” with St. Peter’s by moving…

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ROANOKE, VIRGINIA NURSING HOMES DON’T MAKE THE GRADE 150 150 Dan Frith
  • Dan Frith

ROANOKE, VIRGINIA NURSING HOMES DON’T MAKE THE GRADE

Of 15,000-plus nursing homes ranked by U.S. News in July’s update of “America’s Best Nursing Homes,” only 3 from the state of Virginia made the list. None of the three which made the list are located in Roanoke. All three achieved a perfect five-star rating in each of the federal government’s three yardsticks: health inspections,…

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MENTALLY ILL PATIENTS IN NURSING HOMES 150 150 Dan Frith
  • Dan Frith

MENTALLY ILL PATIENTS IN NURSING HOMES

We have seen many occasions where a nursing home resident, minding their own business and bothering no one, is physicall attacked and seriously injured or killed by another resident. In every one of those situations, we discover that the attacker has a long history of aggressive and threatening conduct…and often a history of psychaitric or…

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NURSING HOME RESIDENT DIES FROM DEHYDRATION 150 150 Dan Frith
  • Dan Frith

NURSING HOME RESIDENT DIES FROM DEHYDRATION

Families work through the difficult decision to place a loved one in a nursing home…a decision not undertaken lightly and not without some reservations. But, there comes a point in time when family members can no longer provide the type of skilled around-the-clock care which is sometimes needed. These facts are what make this report…

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USE OF RESTRAINTS IN NURSING HOMES HAS DECREASED 150 150 Dan Frith
  • Dan Frith

USE OF RESTRAINTS IN NURSING HOMES HAS DECREASED

This is great news! The percentage of nursing home residents with restraints fell from 10.7% 1999 to 6% in 2006. The report comes from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s 2008 National Healthcare Quality Report. The report, released last week, provides both a state-by-state and nationwide analysis of quality-of-care performance in nursing homes, hospitals…

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