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The Tennessee Department of Health has suspended new admissions of patients to Hermitage Health Center located in Elizabethton, TN. The state imposed a civil monetary penalty of $1,500 and recommended a federal civil penalty be imposed at $3,550 a day until the violations are corrected. A special monitor will be appointed to review the center’s…

If you can dig through all the Michael Vick articles in the Washington Post, you will run across an article published yesterday by Jenna Johnson, Post staff writer, entitled “Youth Hospital Faulted for Abuse.” Read the full article here. Ms. Johnson cites a report published this week by district mental health officials, that states‘Children at…

In our law practice we hear nursing home representatives, and their paid trial experts, take the position that pressure (or decubitus) ulcers just can’t be prevented in the elderly. This is a bunch of baloney and a recent study from New Jersey supports our view! The New Jersey Hospital Association’s (NJHA) Pressure Ulcer Collaborative announced…

Brian Williams of the NBC Nightly News reported yesterday on the results of a recent study published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. The article on the study is entitled, “The Surgical Learning Curve for Prostate Cancer Control After Radical Prostatectomy.” The study concludes that as a surgeon’s experience increases, cancer control after…

We see many cases where a nursing home resident suffers multiple falls without significant injury. Finally, they have the inevitable “bad fall” and fracture a hip resulting in hospitalization and surgery. The resident often never recovers to their previous level of function. Now for the bad news, a recent study published in the Journal of…

Last month I was surprised to find a nursing home trade magazine advocating open immigration policies to fulfill staffing needs in nursing homes. Apparently, extensive lobbying efforts have been initiated in Washington to allow these “much needed” workers ways to enter the counrty. Please, do not misunderstand my reaction. I am actually pro-immigration and want…

Somehow, we came across a publication called BlueHnews – a publication for hospital administration. One of the lead articles cites a published study from the June issue of the Journal of Medical Care, that found a direct corelation between staffing levels (nurses) and infections among elderly. High staffing levels, lower the number of infections (often…

KEVIN FREKING, writer for The Associated Press reported on a new Medicaid provision will go into effect Oct. 1 – read complete article here: Tamper-Resistant Pads Could Prove a PainWASHINGTON — Millions of Medicaid patients and their pharmacists could be in for a nasty surprise Oct. 1. A tiny provision tucked into a spending bill…

Lauren Ellerman has written and posted a new article on our firm’s website, https://frithlawfirm.com/. This article will provide you with a broad picture of what pressure ulcers and bed sores are, and why you should be concerned about them. While it is an unpleasant topic to discuss, it is much worse to witness the development…

More than a year has passed since the federal government changed the rules for qualifying for Medicaid assistance for long-term care, and experts in the field are still sorting out the implications for those who want to pass assets on to their children. The new rules made it tougher, for example, to give gifts to…