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A Missouri nursing home agreed to a $1 million settlement with the son of a woman who died while in the home’s care, according to the plaintiff’s attorney.
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Read More »Arbitrator finds for nursing home after woman’s fall
An arbitrator found that a Maryland Heights nursing home was not at fault for injuries one of its residents sustained when she fell while getting into a van.
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Read More »Administrative : Nursing Home License – Health and Safety – Substantial Compliance
Whispering Oaks RCF Management Company Inc. v. Missouri Department of Health & Senior Services (MLW No. 66755/Case No. WD76476 -- 36 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Hardwick, J.)
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Read More »Administrative: Nursing Home Abuse – Employee Disqualification List – Expert Testimony
Stone v. Department of Health and Senior Services (MLW No. 61091/Case No. WD71813 – 7 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Newton, J.) Where a nurse was placed on the employee disqualification list for 18 months after the Department ...
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Read More »Administrative: Civil Monetary Penalty – Judicial Review – Nursing Home Violation
Grace Healthcare of Benton v. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (MLW No. 59984/Case No. 08-3218 – 15 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Loken, C.J.) Where a nursing home sought judicial review of a civil monetary penalty ...
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Read More »KC doctors cleared of negligence in death
A jury in Wyandotte County, Kan., returned a verdict in favor of two doctors at a Kansas City hospital. Plaintiffs alleged negligence and miscommunication during a patient’s hospital discharge led to a fatal overdose. Mimie Wallace had been taking Mevacor, ...
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Read More »Nursing home gets reprieve until Aug. 4
A federal court said Wednesday that a nursing facility in Independence that was scheduled to lose its funding may continue operating. The Villages at Jackson Creek was scheduled to lose its Medicare and Medicaid funding today after a series of ...
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Read More »Arbitration
 Where a daughter signed an arbitration agreement on behalf of her mother who was moving into a nursing home, the arbitration agreement did not prevent the woman’s son or daughter, who signed the agreement pursuant to a power of ...
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