At least 27 long-term care facilities in Missouri have at least one resident or employee who has tested positive for the coronavirus, but getting more information is a challenge. Department of Health and Senior Services spokeswoman Lisa Cox said Thursday ...

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The coronavirus pandemic is ravaging nursing homes in Missouri as the number of sickened and dead continues to grow. Health officials announced Tuesday that a resident in his 90s at the assisted-living facility Morningside of Springfield East died of the ...

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Nursing facilities have failed to report thousands of serious cases of potential neglect and abuse of seniors on Medicare even though it’s a federal requirement for them to do so, according to a watchdog report released Wednesday that calls for ...

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Nursing facilities have failed to report thousands of serious cases of potential neglect and abuse of seniors on Medicare even though it’s a federal requirement for them to do so, according to a watchdog report released Wednesday that calls for ...

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Beverly Enterprises-Missouri Inc. v. Department of Social Services (MLW No. 60017/Case No. WD69040 – 27 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, per curiam) Where the Department of Social Services filed emergency amendments to its nursing home reimbursement regulation, the ...

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A four-year fight over the implementation of the state budget made its way to the Missouri Supreme Court this week. A group of nursing homes urged the high court on Wednesday to declare that the Department of Social Services acted ...

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Missouri residents need insurance to drive a car or own a pool. But a 100-bed nursing home facility doesn’t need insurance to care for its elderly residents. To plaintiffs’ lawyer Tim Dollar, the ability of Missouri nursing homes to operate ...

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Nursing home cases losing their luster since tort restrictions

Jefferson City attorney Anthony DeWitt (pictured, talking to former clients) used to file five nursing home lawsuits a year, including cases against a St. Charles facility whose operators were jailed for failing to report elder abuse. He hasn't filed a single case for a new nursing home client since August 2005 and the changes to tort law.

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The Missouri Supreme Court on Tuesday strengthened the legal claims of the surviving children of residents who die in nursing homes. In two separate opinions, the high court ruled that the children of two residents are not bound by the ...

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