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WANT TO KNOW THE BEST AND WORST NURSING HOMES WITHIN 50 MILES OF BEDFORD, VIRGINIA? 150 150 Dan Frith
  • Dan Frith

WANT TO KNOW THE BEST AND WORST NURSING HOMES WITHIN 50 MILES OF BEDFORD, VIRGINIA?

The information might be important if you are trying to decide where to place a loved one who can no longer care for himself/herself at home. But how can you determine which nursing home is the best? If this issue is important to you, you job just got a lot easier. The answer is provided…

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WANT TO KNOW THE BEST AND WORST NURSING HOMES WITHIN 50 MILES OF DANVILLE, VIRGINIA? 150 150 Dan Frith
  • Dan Frith

WANT TO KNOW THE BEST AND WORST NURSING HOMES WITHIN 50 MILES OF DANVILLE, VIRGINIA?

The information might be important if you are trying to decide where to place a loved one who can no longer care for himself/herself at home. But how can you determine which nursing home is the best? If this issue is important to you, you job just got a lot easier. The answer is provided…

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WANT TO KNOW THE BEST AND WORST NURSING HOMES IN MARTINSVILLE, VIRGINIA? 150 150 Dan Frith
  • Dan Frith

WANT TO KNOW THE BEST AND WORST NURSING HOMES IN MARTINSVILLE, VIRGINIA?

The information might be important if you are trying to decide where to place a loved one who can no longer care for himself/herself at home. But how can you determine which nursing home is the best? If this issue is important to you, you job just got a lot easier. The answer is provided…

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WANT TO KNOW THE BEST AND WORST NURSING HOMES WITHIN 50 MILES OF ABINGDON, VIRGINIA? 150 150 Dan Frith
  • Dan Frith

WANT TO KNOW THE BEST AND WORST NURSING HOMES WITHIN 50 MILES OF ABINGDON, VIRGINIA?

The answer is provided by a new “5-Star Quality Rating System” provided by Medicare. The Five-Star System was created to help consumers, their families, and caregivers compare nursing homes more easily and help identify areas about which you may want to ask questions. The nursing homes receiving the best ratings include: Clinch Valley Medical Center…

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I GOT FIRED….MY NON-COMPETE CANNOT APPLY TO ME! 150 150 Dan Frith
  • Dan Frith

I GOT FIRED….MY NON-COMPETE CANNOT APPLY TO ME!

We get this comment fairly regularly. Folks are treated unfairly by their employer, fired from their job, and then reminded as they walk out the door that they cannot go work for a competitor due to their non-compete contract. Sounds unfair doesn’t it? It is unfair. Is is also usually true. In general, being fired,…

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WANT TO KNOW THE BEST AND WORST NURSING HOMES WITHIN 50 MILES OF COVINGTON, VIRGINIA? 150 150 Dan Frith
  • Dan Frith

WANT TO KNOW THE BEST AND WORST NURSING HOMES WITHIN 50 MILES OF COVINGTON, VIRGINIA?

The information might be important if you are trying to decide where to place a loved one who can no longer care for himself/herself at home. But how can you determine which nursing home is the best? If this issue is important to you, you job just got a lot easier. The answer is provided…

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WANT TO KNOW THE BEST AND WORST NURSING HOMES WITHIN 25 MILES OF ROANOKE, VIRGINIA? 150 150 Dan Frith
  • Dan Frith

WANT TO KNOW THE BEST AND WORST NURSING HOMES WITHIN 25 MILES OF ROANOKE, VIRGINIA?

The information might be important if you are trying to decide where to place a loved one who can no longer care for himself/herself at home. But how can you determine which nursing home is the best? If this issue is important to you, you job just got a lot easier. The answer is provided…

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WHAT TO DO IF YOU SUSPECT NURSING HOME ABUSE OR NEGLECT 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

WHAT TO DO IF YOU SUSPECT NURSING HOME ABUSE OR NEGLECT

Did you loved one tell you that he had been verbally abused at the nursing home? Was your grandmother dropped from a lift? Did your uncle tell you he fell from a Wheelchair? My experience is that no matter what some one’s mental state, they are probably NOT inventing stories of abuse or neglect. I…

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BROKERS NON-COMPETES AND “PROTOCOL” 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

BROKERS NON-COMPETES AND “PROTOCOL”

If you are a broker, I am confident you have a non-compete. I am also confident you know about the “protocol” signed by leading houses, such as ML, Citigroup etc. What if you move from a protocol signatory firm to a non-signatory firm? Well, in my experience, the protocol firm will say you CANNOT take…

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CAN I ASK TO BE RELEASED FROM MY NON-COMPETE? 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

CAN I ASK TO BE RELEASED FROM MY NON-COMPETE?

Can I ask to be released from my non-compete? In a word, yes. Does your employer have to let you out of it? In a word, no way. Often times we have clients call our office who may know they are stuck with a non-compete, but are hopeful their employer will let them out of…

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DOCTOR OPERATES ON WRONG SIDE OF PATIENT’S MOUTH 150 150 Dan Frith
  • Dan Frith

DOCTOR OPERATES ON WRONG SIDE OF PATIENT’S MOUTH

No…I am not making up this story. Officials at a Providence, Rhode Island hospital have reported an oral surgeon began operating on the wrong part of a patient’s mouth this week before discovering the error. It’s the fifth wrong-site surgery in the last two years in the Lifespan hospital chain. This time the “mistake” occurred…

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DOCTORS AND NON-COMPETES: CASE #9 150 150 Dan Frith
  • Dan Frith

DOCTORS AND NON-COMPETES: CASE #9

The last case we will discuss in this series of Virginia court decisions on non-compete contracts and physicians comes from the Virginia Supreme Court. The case, Greenbrier Obstetrics and Gynecology v. Zenette Moore Leao,MD, was decided January 9, 2009. Dr. Leao entered into a 3 year employment contract with Greenbrier, a professional corporation providing obstetric…

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