New York Times Medicare Star Ratings Allow Nursing Homes to Game the System Five-Star Nursing Homes In 2011, Ken Chandler brought his elderly mother to a nursing home that had Medicare’s seal of approval, a five-star rating. After a series of troubling events there, Mr. Chandler now feels misled. Video Credit By Kassie Bracken and Taige […]

Nathan Hughey at Hughey Law Firm in Mt. Pleasant South Carolina handles nursing home cases.  Each case must be evaluated on its own facts and circumstances and this is not intended to imply the same or similar results. A complex web of corporations including Manor Care Inc. and HCR Manor Care Services, Inc. owns the […]

From McKnight’s Hughey Law Firm Nathan Hughey Mt. Pleasant SC New research supports that nursing home staffing levels correlate with better quality of care. But it points to a phenomenon fewer could have predicted: diminished registered nurse hours spent on direct care. The research could shed new light on discussions over the relation of caregiver […]

Attorney Nathan Hughey has successfully defeated many nursing home arbitration clauses. When Karen Fritz retired from a career at Rosauers Supermarkets nine years ago, she began taking care of her aging mother. Soon, it became apparent her mom, Alice Newton, could no longer look out for herself. Her vision was failing. She was suffering from Alzheimer’s […]

In Churn of Assisted Living Deals, An Island of Misery Brookdale Senior Living and Emeritus Senior Living, two of the nation’s largest assisted living companies, will merge in a $2.8 billion deal, the companies announced this week. The newly expanded company, which will be run by Brookdale executives, will consist of more than 1,100 senior […]

The federal government is investigating the operations of the nation’s largest assisted living company, Emeritus Senior Living, according to a company official. Karen Lucas, a spokeswoman for the company, described the investigation as a routine civil probe, and said Emeritus was “cooperating fully” with the federal authorities. A person with direct knowledge of the investigation […]