Nursing home operators are taking advantage of an expanded emergency preparedness law passed by Congress in 2020 to shield themselves from COVID-related wrongful death lawsuits.
House lawmakers are taking another stab at ensuring COVID-19 liability protections for frontline healthcare providers and workers.
The best positioned long-term and senior care providers can expect to see liability insurance rates climb by as much as 30% this year, while those with previous losses and poor venues will face even stiffer hikes, according to a marketplace update from Willis Towers Watson.
So, are things getting better or worse for long-term care? The answer is not so obvious.
Long-term care providers are trying to thwart an effort by Connecticut lawmakers that would allow lawsuits to be filed against nursing homes that failed to comply with state and federal COVID-19 guidance over the last year.
An Alabama nursing home hoping to fight off a wrongful death suit related to COVID-19 is one of a growing number waiting for their day court.
A national analysis finds liability premiums increased for nearly one-third of healthcare providers in 2020.
After vetoing a bill that would have allowed lawyers to collect 9% pretrial interest in medical malpractice cases, Illinois’ governor appears poised to give his blessing to a compromise version that lowers the rate. Healthcare provider associations have lambasted the proposals, saying permitting prejudgment interest gives the plantiff’s bar reason to drag out cases and…
If you thought you had a clear read on how courts would interpret federal COVID-19 liability protections, think again. After a set back last fall, there appears to be some good news for providers after all. In December 2020, I shared how a federal court in Pennsylvania ruled against a nursing home’s liability protection claim…
COVID-19 hit Holyoke Soldiers’ Home last March, when most of us were just learning the term “social distancing” and had no awareness of asymptomatic positives. While the global medical community grappled with the pandemic, it raged through Soldiers’ Home and killed 76 veterans; 84 others tested positive and recovered. As elected officials scrambled for solutions…
