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MORE BAD NEWS ABOUT NURSING HOMES 150 150 Dan Frith
  • Dan Frith

MORE BAD NEWS ABOUT NURSING HOMES

Hey America, how do you like this news? The Washington Post reports that more than 90 percent of U.S. nursing homes were cited for violating federal care standards in each of the past three years, according to the inspector general at the Department of Health and Human Services. For-profit facilities — the most common type…

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CARILION ROANOKE MEMORIAL IN THE NEWS AGAIN 150 150 Dan Frith
  • Dan Frith

CARILION ROANOKE MEMORIAL IN THE NEWS AGAIN

Folks in Southwest Virginia were treated to a new story on the level of care provided by our region’s largest healthcare provider, the Carilion Health System! The Roanoke Times article entitled, “Carilion Scolded for Gaps in Safety,” doesn’t paint a pretty picture. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is not happy about the level…

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BAD THINGS HAPPEN IN NURSING HOMES WITHOUT ENOUGH NURSES! 150 150 Dan Frith
  • Dan Frith

BAD THINGS HAPPEN IN NURSING HOMES WITHOUT ENOUGH NURSES!

Here it is again…another example of what happens when nursing homes put profits ahead of caring for people. Doris Wolfe stayed at Spring Creek Healthcare Center (Colorado) for 17 days to rehabilitate following back surgery. Unfortunately, she broke her ankle the day she was supposed to be sent home. According to an investigation by the…

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WHAT HAPPENS TO MERRILL LYNCH BROKERS AND OTHERS? 150 150 Dan Frith
  • Dan Frith

WHAT HAPPENS TO MERRILL LYNCH BROKERS AND OTHERS?

The financial news could not be much worse! Bears Stearn died several months ago and now Lehman Brothers has run to the bankruptcy court for help. AIG is on life support! This is truly a difficult time for America’s foremost financial institutions but the people I feel sorry for are the employees of these failing…

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GREAT NEWS – NURSING HOME FINDS FELON! 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

GREAT NEWS – NURSING HOME FINDS FELON!

I am from a few counties away from here in Florida, so it is with great pride I relay this news story to you: SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. (WOFL FOX 35, Orlando) — One of America’s Most Wanted is behind bars and the US Marshals are crediting FOX 35 viewers.He had been on the run for…

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SELECTING A NURSING HOME 150 150 Dan Frith
  • Dan Frith

SELECTING A NURSING HOME

My local newspaper, The Roanoke Times, recently published an article by Dr. Michael Camardi, an internal medicine doctor who spends a large portion of his professional time treating elderly patients in our area. The article (“Include the Patient When Selecting a Nursing Home“) starts out describing a family at wit’s end in caring for an…

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LEGISLATIVE BRANCH – OUR ONLY HOPE 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

LEGISLATIVE BRANCH – OUR ONLY HOPE

Do you remember in Star Wars when Princess Leia says “Help me Obi-Wan Kenobi, you’re my only hope?” Well where do you turn when nursing homes continue to require families to sign arbitration contracts, without proper instruction as to what the contracts mean? “Help me Congress – you are our only hope!” Legislation Eliminates Mandatory…

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32 LB CYST! 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

32 LB CYST!

I subscribe to a few blogs myself and this post caught my eye this morning:Doctor misses 32 lb. cyst. Why and how could he miss that? Apparently he said she was overweight. Could they remove it? YES – along with her ovaries, womb and fallopian tubes. And the physician is still practicing, although in New…

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NON-COMPETES, EMAILS, AND COMPUTERS 150 150 Dan Frith
  • Dan Frith

NON-COMPETES, EMAILS, AND COMPUTERS

I know the title of today’s blog seems disconnected…but its not! Smart employees, who have signed a noncompete agreement, seek legal counsel BEFORE they consider leaving their current job to work for a competitor. These clients hear the same advice from us every time: DO NOT USE COMPANY COMPUTERS OR EMAIL TO PLAN YOUR DEPARTURE…

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WEST VIRGINIA NURSING HOME FACES LAWSUIT 150 150 Dan Frith
  • Dan Frith

WEST VIRGINIA NURSING HOME FACES LAWSUIT

Why can’t nursing homes take good care of our family members? The corporations which own these facilities are making plenty of money. Is there a good reason why they cannot spend some of that money on patient care? The latest sign of the times comes from West Virginia. The estate of woman who died from…

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FEDERAL COURT IN VIRGINIA FOLLOWS KENTUCKY LAW 150 150 Dan Frith
  • Dan Frith

FEDERAL COURT IN VIRGINIA FOLLOWS KENTUCKY LAW

The United States District Court in Norfolk handed down an interesting decision this week in Senture, LLC v. Dietrich and Swider. The case is only in the early stages of litigation but some pretty novel arguments were made and ruled upon by the court. Dietrich and Swider were employees of Senture, a Kentucky company that…

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NON PROFIT – DOES IT MATTER? 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

NON PROFIT – DOES IT MATTER?

There has been a great deal of press in our local papers (and National) about non-profit health care providers…. So What essentially is the difference between non-profit or for profit? Non-Profit: Tax Exempt – does not pay property taxes No Shareholders Has a Board of Directors (which is usually not paid for service) Must have…

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