Last year’s victory for the rights of nursing home patients to avoid arbitration was short lived. Last November, CMS changed its regulations to prohibit nursing homes from using “pre-dispute arbitration clauses” – contracts requiring a patient to submit to arbitration to resolve complaints as a condition for admission to the Read More…
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A Victory for Consumer Rights
Last Wednesday, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced a final rule that will reinstate the right of nursing home residents to sue in a court of law to resolve their complaints. The new rule, which takes effect on November 28, will cut off federal funds to nursing homes Read More…
