Arbitration

An Ontario nursing home must rehire a registered nurse who was caught stealing opioids on the job, and compensate her for her losses.

Signing on the dotted line counts in arbitration cases, even if the text explaining that arbitration is voluntary isn’t in bold print.

There has been so much in the news about arbitration agreements over the past year. Are we in the clear and can we use them again?

A skilled nursing provider won a court victory last week when the Wyoming Supreme Court agreed an arbitration agreement signed by a deceased resident’s daughter was binding.

Like so many other contemporary debates, the arbitration issue has degenerated into a talking-points battle.

When the American Health Care Association sued the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services last year, my assessment was that it might win the literal battle, but lose the hearts and minds of consumers.

Any way you slice it, last week was a rough one for long-term care operators.

Eldercare service providers would be well advised to watch proposed arbitration rules that have been aimed primarily at banks — for now.

Pennsylvania nursing home resident who sued for neglect was recently ordered by a federal judge to submit to binding arbitration instead, even though the document authorizing it was not signed by a facility...

A U.S. District Court judge recently sent a lawsuit between a Mississippi law firm and an Ohio nursing home back to state court after determining the law firm failed to show sufficient evidence that the...