Pleasant Law Blog (Insurance Claims, Medical Misakes, and Nursing Home Claims)

Nursing Home Transparency Act Reintroduced

By Thomas Waitt Pleasant, Nursing Home Abuse Attorney in North Carolina. Toll Free 888.435.7156. NCCNR, a key citizens' advocacy group for patient rights in nursing homes, recently added a press release regarding the nursing home transparency bill to its website. This document will give you a pretty good summary of what that nursing home bill is all about. I have blogged a little about this bill in the past. This bill is fair, and important to regular people. It helps preserve people's right to justice in our courts. Nursing homes have almost overwhelmingly adopted an organizational structure that makes it difficult to determine who is actually running the nurisng home, and difficult to collect rightfully-won court judgments due to the "siphoning" of funds from the actual licensed facility. This proplsed law would cut though some of the "smoke and mirrors" used by many nursing homes in their attempt to avoid legitimate court judgments and liability. Nursing home cases are not just medical cases -- they typically involve more complicated business/corporate issues. If you or someone you love has been hurt or killed in a nursing home or assisted living facility, you should find an attorney who understands these corporate issues. My office provides free consultations in nursing home injury, abuse, neglect, and wrongful death cases. Call Toll Free 888.435.7156 to speak with a firm representative. We handle nursing home cases anywhere in North Carolina, and have locations in Raleigh, Wilmington and Fayetteville.