Nursing Home Care Costs In The United States Continue To Climb
April 15, 2015
A large Fortune 500 insurance company recently published the results of its survey of the costs of nursing home care in the United States. The costs of nursing home care in the United States increased by an average of 4% during the last five years – the median cost in now $91,250 (in 2014, t[...]
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Cardiology Medical Malpractice Claims Statistics
March 25, 2015
A recent review by the largest physician-owned medical malpractice insurer in the United States of 429 cardiology medical malpractice claims that closed between 2007 and 2013 found that allegations of diagnosis failure (the failure to diagnose, the delay in diagnosis, and/or the wrong diagnosis)[...]
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Maryland Nursing Homes Suffer Ratings Losses
March 1, 2015
Twenty-two Maryland nursing homes lost their five-star ratings when Medicare recently revised its method of determining nursing home ratings nationwide, effective as of February 20, 2015. The federal website known as Nursing Home Compare provides rating information on nursing homes in all U.S. s[...]
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Mohs Surgery Malpractice Claims
February 24, 2015
Mohs surgery (Mohs micrographic surgery) is a skin cancer treatment technique developed by Dr. Frederic Mohs at the University of Wisconsin in the 1930s that differs from other skin cancer treatments by performing the immediate and complete microscopic examination of removed cancerous tissue that[...]
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CMS Announces Revisions To Nursing Home Rating System
February 22, 2015
On February 12, 2015, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) announced revisions to its often-criticized system of rating nursing homes in the United States, which prospective nursing home residents and their families may rely on in selecting nursing home care. CM[...]
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For-Profit Prison Medical Care Questioned
February 4, 2015
The past and present problems of a for-profit prison health care provider should serve as a warning regarding states and local governments ceding their responsibilities to provide proper, adequate, and timely medical care and health care services to inmates and prisoners in their custody. Cor[...]
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