New law protects Missouri senior living providers from COVID-19-related lawsuits
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jul 12, 2021
Senior living and other long-term care and healthcare providers in Missouri have new liability protections related to COVID-19 civil lawsuits now that Gov. Mike Parson (R) has signed SB 51 into law.
Criminal recoveries for Medicaid fraud in assisted living top $1 million again due to case discovered...
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 08, 2021
Fallout from a Medicaid fraud case discovered because of a murder at an assisted living community had an outsized effect on fraud-related criminal monetary recoveries by state Medicaid Fraud Control Units...
Operators, workers should be protected from COVID-19 lawsuits, association says
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 13, 2020
Assisted living communities and skilled nursing facilities, and the people who work for them, should be “protected from liability” for treating anyone with COVID-19 during the current pandemic, the...
Official promises action against assisted living facilities not compliant with emergency power rule by...
By
Lois A. Bowers
Dec 04, 2019
An assisted living operator in Florida is predicting the closure of several assisted living communities there if the state’s Agency for Health Care Administration moves forward with plans to penalize...
Operators score ‘significant victory’ in Florida as judge invalidates 14 code provisions
By
Lois A. Bowers
Aug 31, 2018
Two associations representing assisted living operators in the Sunshine State notched a win against the state Department of Elder Affairs Thursday afternoon when an administrative law judge said that 14...
Officials with Florida Argentum have filed a legal challenge to a proposed rule that they say would financially burden assisted living operators in the Sunshine State and have several negative effects...
Assisted living law stirs controversy in North Carolina
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jul 14, 2016
Legislation signed into law in North Carolina June 30 has upset some advocates for assisted living residents, but the leader of an association representing providers said that those who are unhappy misunderstand...