Blog Posts in 2011
Posted on Nov 21, 2011 By Dan Flanzig
A nursing home aide in New York was sentenced to seven years for sexually abusing a 61-year-old patient at Amsterdam Nursing Home in Morningside Heights. The woman was partially paralyzed, unable to ...
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Posted on Nov 16, 2011 By Dan Flanzig
Consumer Directed: Alternative Delivery of Medicaid Home Care By: Daniel G. Fish, for the New York Law Journal November 15, 2011 Daniel G. Fish Many seniors have extracted a promise from their ...
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Posted on Nov 10, 2011 By Dan Flanzig
Brian Ach MATERNITY WARD Karen Goodman, a nursing manager, said NYU Langone Medical Center was working on more patient perks. By JORDAN RAU Published: November 7, 2011 "I'm a great kvetcher," said ...
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Posted on Nov 1, 2011 By Dan Flanzig
A Nursing Home Shrinks Until It Feels Like a Home Joshua Bright for The New York Times By LAURIE TARKAN Published: October 31, 2011 Toni Davis spent much of her childhood roaming the corridors of a ...
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Posted on Nov 1, 2011 By Dan Flanzig
City to Pay $70 Million in Medicaid Suit By ANEMONA HARTOCOLLIS Published: October 31, 2011 New York City will pay the federal government $70 million to settle a lawsuit that accused the city of ...
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Posted on Oct 19, 2011 By Dan Flanzig
Medicare tests monthly incentives for innovative primary care Participating practices will receive an average of about $20 per patient per month to coordinate quality care for Medicare and private ...
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Posted on Oct 5, 2011 By Dan Flanzig
Hoping to Crack Alzheimer's, Together as a Family Joshua Lott for The New York Times AWAY FROM HOME Natalia Agudelo, who traveled to Phoenix from Colombia, belongs to a family linked to an ...
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Posted on Sep 28, 2011 By Dan Flanzig
CBS reports: Families turn to nursing homes to give the elderly the care and attention they need, but a congressional report out Monday says 1,600 U.S. nursing homes - nearly one-third - have been ...
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Posted on Sep 27, 2011 By Dan Flanzig
By KATHLEEN SHARP Published: September 26, 2011 Santa Barbara, Calif. LAST week, the Obama administration announced a plan to cut $320 billion over 10 years from the projected growth of Medicare and ...
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Posted on Sep 27, 2011 By Dan Flanzig
Haym Solomon Home for the Aged (HSHA) moved to dismiss administrator Butler's claim for punitive damages asserted against it under Public Health Law §2801-d(2). Butler alleged HSHA violated §2801-d, ...
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Posted on Sep 27, 2011 By Dan Flanzig
Haym Solomon Home for the Aged (HSHA) moved to dismiss administrator Butler's claim for punitive damages asserted against it under Public Health Law §2801-d(2). Butler alleged HSHA violated §2801-d, ...
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Posted on Sep 20, 2011 By Dan Flanzig
A Guide to Nursing home and Assisted Living Facility Abuse and Neglect in New York Written by: Daniel Flanzig, Attorney licensed in New York This is a guide to help you better understand the Nursing ...
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Posted on Sep 16, 2011 By Dan Flanzig
Humane Housing for the Mentally Ill Published: September 15, 2011 Gov. Andrew Cuomo brought an end to a shameful chapter in New York's history last week when he agreed to settle a suit over the ...
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Posted on Sep 7, 2011 By Dan Flanzig
Argument on Lawyers' Access to Home Residents Begins Term Joel Stashenko Contact All Articles New York Law Journal September 07, 2011 ALBANY - The Court of Appeals began its 2011-12 session yesterday ...
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Posted on Jun 24, 2011 By Dan Flanzig
Nursing Home Abuse Increasing (CBS) Families turn to nursing homes to give the elderly the care and attention they need, but a congressional report out Monday says 1,600 U.S. nursing homes - nearly ...
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