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  • Read more: Scottish clinical guidelines on patients’ pressure ulcer care published
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    Scottish clinical guidelines on patients’ pressure ulcer care published

    By John Tingle Failures in assessing the patient properly for pressure ulcers can result in adverse incident reports, complaints and even litigation. A look at medical malpractice lawyer web sites in both the UK and USA will reveal a number of attorneys offering specialism in pressure sore litigation and publishing compensation awards. In the NHS poor…

  • Read more: CMS Prohibits Arbitration Clauses in Long-Term Care Facility Contracts
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    CMS Prohibits Arbitration Clauses in Long-Term Care Facility Contracts

    By Wendy S. Salkin On Wednesday, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS)—an agency within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)—released a final rule that “will revise the requirements that Long-Term Care facilities [LTCs] must meet to participate in the Medicare and Medicaid programs” (1). (Almost all LTCs receive funds from Medicare or Medicaid.) This is…