Benefits Questioned in Tax Breaks for Nonprofit Hospitals from the New York Times The billions of dollars in tax breaks granted to the nation’s nonprofit hospitals are being challenged by regulators and politicians as cities still reeling from the recession watch cash-rich medical centers expand. Hospitals, among the largest landowners in many communities, are often […]

from the New York Times Watchful Eye in Nursing Homes Jonathon Rosen A pretty nightie, a new lipstick, a fresh toothbrush: Doris Racher noticed that small things she had bought for her 96-year-old mother, Eryetha Mayberry, a dementia patient at a nursing home in Oklahoma City, had been disappearing. Ms. Racher assumed the culprit was […]

The corporations that own and operate Assisted Living, Nursing Homes, and even Hospitals are really, really, good at one thing – unfortunately its not providing care.  What they are good at is the business of self-promotion at all cost to their patients.  The assisted living and nursing home industry, along with the hospitals they shuffle […]

The per-page rates – 65 cents for the first 30 pages and 50 cents for each page after that – still could be charged to reproduce paper copies of medical records. The proposed law would allow hospitals to charge patients a maximum $15 clerical fee to produce a digital copy. “The frustration is, you really […]

Nursing Home Neglect often takes the form of nursing home falls which are preventable.  Typically, someone will be left unsupervised and unattended, and suffer a fall.  Falls are basically prevented by having the right assistive devices in place, and having adequate, trained, and responsive staff in close proximity to the resident. In this nursing home […]

South Carolina has a huge number of golf carts being operated on our streets. These vehicles are largely dangerous to begin with, as they were never intended to serve as automobiles…