Nursing Home & Elder Abuse

• Over 4,000 Bad Nursing Homes in the US - THREE in NC

  Christina Medlin | February 18, 2008 4:00 PM | 0 CommentsRaleigh, NC

  The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) , formerly known as the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA), is the federal agency responsible for administering the Medicare, Medicaid, SCHIP (State Children's Health Insurance), HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act), CLIA (Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments), and several other health-related programs....

• Malpractice Defendants Sue Their Lawyers

  Brent Adams | April 25, 2007 2:37 PM | 0 CommentsRaleigh, NC

  In a case which reports a good example of abuse of our civil justice system by insurance companies, medical doctors who suffered a $217,000,000.00 verdict against them in a malpractice case have sued their own lawyers.Among the claims against their former lawyers was the fact their lawyers turned down settlement offers of $1,000,000.00 for one doctor and $3,000,000.00 for the other doctor. The...

• State Investigating Possible Nursing Home Abuse

  Christina Cole | March 03, 2007 5:42 PM | 0 CommentsRaleigh, NC

  A nursing home is being investigated by Police and the state for possible nursing home abuse.Friday, police took a report regarding a woman whose 89-year old mother is a resident of Georgetown Healthcare Assisted Living. The woman alleges she was visiting with her mother and noticed bruises on her left eye and on her face. Her concerns were passed on to the state and Ombudsman (advocate for...