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• Legislature Orders Audit of Brius Healthcare Transactions
• Budget Bill to Increase Nursing Home Staffing Requirements
• Additional Nursing Home Complaint Investigation Deadlines Take Effect on July 1, 2017
  
• TEXCOM Calls TOD Statute “Fundamentally Flawed”
• Arbitration About-Face: Feds Side with Corporate Interests Over Vulnerable Nursing Home Residents

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• August SWAP Training in Oakland, CA

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• New Income Limits for Aged & Disabled Program
• Report Finds Terrible Working Conditions Are Common in RCFEs and Contribute to Poor Care
• Assisted Living Waiver Institutes Waitlist
• Reverses Mortgage Whistle Blower Case Settles for $89 Million
• Congress Establishes New Elder Justice Caucus

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• Medi-Cal Recovery State Plan Amendment Approved – Regulations Coming
• CANHR Joins Advocate Statement for Better Nursing Home Oversight
• Brune: No estimates on how bad Social Security fraud is
• Senator Mark Leno Honored at 30th Anniversary of SFSU Gerontology Program

• May 2017 Los Angeles Social Worker Training

• Hidden Medicaid Restrictions in Failed “Repeal & Replace” … But It’s Not Over
• A follow up to CNN's explosive article on Nursing Home Rape: What's Being Done? 
• New RCFE Admission Agreement Regulations
• New Federal and California Notice Protections Take Effect for Patients in Observation Status
• Medi-Cal Recovery - CANHR Needs Your Help - Share Your Story

• SF State Gerontology Program's 30th Anniversary Honoring State Senator Mark Leno
• May 2017 Los Angeles Social Worker Training

• California Legislators Introduce Many Bills on Long Term Care
• Federal Protections for Nursing Home Residents Under Attack
• Immense Wealth of Nursing Home Operators on Display
• CNN Story Reveals Horrific Sexual Abuse in Nursing Homes
• Court Orders Corrective Action Plan in Jimmo Case
• Antipsychotics Found to Harm Hospice Patients with Delirium

• Advocacy Resources on the New Federal Nursing Home Regulations
• New Guidance on Handling Influenza Outbreaks in California Long-Term Care Facilities

• SF State Gerontology Program's 30th Anniversary Honoring State Senator Mark Leno
• May 2017 Los Angeles Social Worker Training

• Update on Medi-Cal Recovery Reforms
  
  
• CANHR Announces Home Equity Protection Program (HEPP) Website
  
  
• Western Union Admits Laundering Money, Forfeits $586 Million in Settlement
  
  
• Share your Story - CANHR’s 2017 Justice & Advocacy Media Campaign

• New Federal Nursing Home Regulations Take Effect
  
  
• Nursing Home Closure Plans Reversed in Eureka 
  
  
• NPR Reports on Death of San Francisco Nursing Home Resident
  
  
• National Analysis Finds Nursing Home Compare Staffing Data Often Wildly Inaccurate
  
  
• Update on Medi-Cal Recovery Reforms

• CCRC Residents Forum

• New Federal Nursing Home Regulations Take Effect
  
  
• Nursing Home Closure Plans Reversed in Eureka 
  
  
• National Analysis Finds Nursing Home Compare Staffing Data Often Wildly Inaccurate 
  
  
• NPR Reports on Death of San Francisco Nursing Home Resident
  
  
• U.S. Dementia Rates are Dropping
  
  
• San Francisco Veteran’s Benefits Protection Project Launched
  
  
• CANHR’s 20th Annual Elder Law Conference: Justice and Advocacy in 2016

• Life Care Centers of America Settles False Claims Charges by the Department of Justice  
  
  
• Nursing Homes Go to Court to Stop Residents from Going to Court   
  
  
• Community Care Licensing to Release Provider Information Notices   
  
  
• Protests Escalate Over Eureka Nursing Home Closures   
  
  
• U.S. Supreme Court Will Review Kindred Arbitration Case

• New Medi-Cal Recovery Laws Effective January 1, 2017 Booklet-$1  
• Understanding the New Medi-Cal Recovery Laws Webinar: Recording On Sale Now $25 - 1 hr MCLE; Materials Included

• Department of Public Health Approves Mass Evictions of Eureka Nursing Home Residents  
  
  
• Mixed Grades for New Federal Nursing Home Regulations   
  
  
• Feds Ban Pre-Dispute Arbitration Agreements in Nursing Homes!  
  
  
• California Nursing Home Chain Paying $30 Million to Settle False Claims Allegations by the U.S. Department of Justice  
  
  
• CANHR Needs a New Home

• Pre-Order By October 14th - New Medi-Cal Recovery Laws Effective January 1, 2017 Booklet-$1
• Understanding the New Medi-Cal Recovery Laws Webinar: Recording On Sale Now $25 - 1 hr MCLE; Materials Included

• Judge Orders Los Angeles Assisted Living Facility to Stop Abuse and Evictions
  
• Court of Appeal Vindicates Nursing Home Readmission Rights 
  
• Judge Issues Decisions in Cases Challenging Medicare’s Appeal Process
  
• Judge Orders Medicare Agency to Provide More Education per Settlement in Jimmo, the “Improvement Standard” Case
  
• CMS Adds New Quality Measures to Its Nursing Home Compare Website
  
• CMS Directs States to Prevent Humiliation of Residents Via Social Media
  
• CCL Issues First Enhanced Fines for Death of Assisted Living Residents

• Understanding the New Medi-Cal Recovery Laws Webinar

• DPH Introduces Horrible Bill Threatening Nursing Home Residents  
• New York Times Calls for Ban on Nursing Home Arbitration Agreements
• Department of Public Health Denies Ownership Applications by California’s Largest Nursing Home Operator

• Webinar Series for Social Workers, Discharge Planners, and Other Professionals Working With Elders in the Community

• Governor Brown signed SB 833 - Major Changes to the Medi-Cal Recovery Program
• Forced Exodus: How Avalon Care Center Abandoned Its Promises and Cleared Out Its Residents
• Medicare Releases Draft Proposal For Patient Observation Notice
• Complaints About Discharges and Evictions from Nursing Facilities are Up 57%
• Filipino Care Home Owners to Pay Workers $718K in Back Wages
• Bill to Increase Nursing Home Staffing Requirements Moves Forward
• CaringKind Releases Guidelines on Dementia Care

• Nursing Home Chain Ownership Changes are Linked to Poor Quality of Care
  
• Illegal Nursing Home Evictions Not Just a California Problem   
• New Nursing Home Complaint Investigation Deadlines Take Effect on July 1, 2016
• Legislation Update

• SB 33 (Hernandez) - Medi-Cal Recovery Reform! Act Now
• Sacramento Bee Reports Shifting Population in California Nursing Homes Creates ‘Dangerous Mix’
• Updated 2016 Aged & Disabled Medi-Cal Threshold and APPR 
• Justice in Aging has Produced Two New Fact Sheets for Advocates and Consumers that Outline the Basics of Durable Medical Equipment 
• Support Needed for AB 1655 (Dodd): Medi-Cal Personal Needs Allowance 
• Troubling Legislation by Nursing Home Industry Moves Forward
• The Older Americans Act Finally Clears Congress

• Complaint Reports Against RCFEs Now Available Online
  
• Medicare Beneficiaries Still Denied Coverage Due to Illegal Use of Improvement Standard
• Trial Begins in Whistleblower Lawsuit Against DPH on Charges State Investigator was Forced to Close Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect Investigations
• U.S. Senator Asks Regulators to Take Action to Stop Abuse Against Nursing Home Residents on Social Media
• Department of Justice Launches Regional Nursing Home Task Forces Including Northern California

• Support Needed for New CANHR Sponsored Bills
• CANHR v. Dooley Case on Hospital Dumping in the News
• California Court Prohibits Nursing Home Decisionmaking for Unrepresented Residents Due to Lack of Notice
• Community Care Licensing Introduces New Legislation on Civil Penalties
• Brookdale Facility to Pay $1 Million in Wrongful Death Settlement
• Inspector General of Social Security Issues Fraud Advisory
• New Brief Examines How Non-Financial Factors Affect Retirement Decisions

• State Tells Illegally Evicted Nursing Home Residents To Get Lost
• Nursing Home Industry and Legislature Team Up to Defeat AB 927 (McCarty)
• Center for Medicare Advocacy Issues Alert on Illegal Medicare “Discharges” by Skilled Nursing Facilities
• BankSafe: A Comprehensive Approach to Better Serving and Protecting Consumers

• CANHR Sues State to Stop Illegal Dumping of Nursing Home Residents
• New POLST Law Permits Non-Physicians to Write End-of-Life Orders
• Medicare to Cover Advance Care Planning Effective January 1
• New Form To Request Medi-Cal Expenses Subject to Estate Recovery
• Nursing Home Workers Fired over Posting Abusive Videos of Elderly
• State Investigates Modesto Nursing Home over Patient Transfers
• AB 927 to be Heard in Assembly Health on January 12
• 2016 Cost of Living Adjustments

• War on Poor Elders: House Committee looking at reducing Medicaid Home Equity Caps and Community Spouse Income
• Shlomo Rechnitz Owned Nursing Homes Under Investigation Again
• Governor Brown Signs Residential Care Ownership Suitability Law
• CANHR Submits Extensive Comments to CMS about Nursing Home Rule Overhaul
• Ombudsman/Attorney Partnership Leads to Better-Late-Than-Never DPH Enforcement
• The Medicare Payment System Needs to be Reevaluated
• Why Do People Lapse Their Long Term Care Insurance?
• Can Nursing Homes Get 300,000 Dementia Patients Off Deadly Antipsychotics?

• Nursing Homes Reap Billion Dollar Windfall by Exploiting Medicare Billing System for Therapy
• More Misery for the Poor - AB 139 Transfer on Death Deeds Signed into Law
• Medi-Cal Recovery Regulations Finalized
• Heat Wave Turns Deadly; Nursing Homes Responsible for Resident Safety 
• FINRA Board Approves Rulemaking Item to Protect Seniors and Other Vulnerable Adults from Financial Exploitation 
• America’s Most Admired Lawbreaker
• CDC Advises Nursing Homes to Stop Misusing Antibiotics
• CMS Extends Deadline for Comments on Proposed Nursing Home Requirements of Participation
• Health for Family Caregivers Workshop

• Department of Public Health Takes “See No Evil, Hear No Evil” Approach to Nursing Home Abuse
• Salinas RCFE Colonial Manor Served with Suspension Order
• Nursing Home Industry Tries to Rig Federal Regulations
• Shlomo Rechnitz Owned Nursing Homes Charged with Crimes and Other Offenses
• CANHR Legislation Moves Forward
• CCL Issues Illegal "Guidelines" for Video Surveillance in RCFEs
• MyRA Account
• Time for Transformation - Collaboration between Adult Protective Services (APS), Legal Services, and Civil Litigators
• Medi-Cal & Medi-Cal Recovery Training in Sacramento
• Health for Family Caregivers Workshop

• CMS Proposes Changes to the Nursing Home Requirements of Participation
• AB 348 (Brown) Moves Forward with Strong Support
• The Shut Out: Why Have Humboldt County's Skilled Nursing Facilities Stopped Accepting Patients
• Governor Gives Nursing Home Operators Five-Year Rate Increase with No Staffing Increase
• Assisted Living Inspection Reports Now Available On-Line
• CMS Launches Star Rating System for Home Health Agencies
• L.A. County Approves New Contract with Troubled Nursing Home Inspection Program
• The 2015 United States of Aging Survey – Top Concerns of Older Americans
• Free Consumer Guide on Resolving Nursing Home Problems from Justice in Aging

• CANHR v. Chapman: Court Order Protects Nursing Home Residents
• California's Largest Nursing Home Owner Under Fire From Government Regulators
• Audit Report Slams California's Oversight of Medi-Cal Managed Care Plans
• Bill to Limit Efforts to Recoup Medi-Cal Costs from Patients' Estates Passes Unanimously in CA Senate
• The Elder Justice Roadmap Released by the Justice Department
• The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Released Results of Reverse Mortgage Study
• SAVE THE DATE - September 16th - APS & Legal Services Training
• Medi-Cal & Medi-Cal Recovery Training in Sacramento

• The Epidemic in Nursing Home Evictions
• Legislation Update – Key Bills Move Forward
• Veterans’ Aid and Attendance Scam Leads to Lawsuit
• Senate Bill 843: Observation Status Would Count Toward Hospital inpatient Stay
• A $3.8 Million Bummer
• Feds Strike a Blow for Freedom: $380K Fine for Locking Up Nursing Home Resident  
• Save the Date- CANHR’s Medi-Cal Training for Social Workers, Discharge Planners, Geriatric Case Managers & Other Professionals

• As Nursing Homes Chase Lucrative Patients, Quality of Care is Said to Lag
• Justice in Aging Issues Policy Brief on Failures in California's Assisted Living System
• CANHR Bills Move Forward
• CMS Proposes Rules on Staffing Data Collection for Nursing Homes
• LTCCC Issues National Report on State Survey Agency Performance
• CANHR Publications Now Available for Free Download
• Estate Planning for Long Term Care
  Spring 2015 Attorney Online Training Series

• CANHR’s Executive Director Testifies at Hearing on California Department of Health’s Oversight of Nursing Homes
• CANHR Executive Director interviewed on PBS Newshour on Medicaid Recovery
• CANHR Attorney Testifies Before State Senate Judiciary Committee
• Justice in Aging Issues Policy Brief on the Fiction of "Assistance with Self-Administration" of Medications in RCFEs
• CANHR Releases "Your Right to Leave": a Guide for Battling Forced Placement in Long-Term Care Facilities
• New Financial Abuse Study
• 2015 Rates from the Department of Public Health
• Legislative Committees to Hear CANHR Sponsored Bills in April

• AB 927 (McCarty) The Nursing Home Ownership Disclosure Act of 2015 Introduced
• AB 601 (Eggman) Introduced to Strengthen Disclosure and Suitability of RCFE Ownership
• Victory for Center for Investigative Reporting: Public Disclosure of Citations issued to Facilities for Developmentally Disabled
• VA Proposes Controversial Regulations on Aid & Attendance Eligibility
• Governor Proposes Major Increase in Nursing Home Rates with No Accountability
• Governor Seeks Hundreds of New Positions for Department of Public Health
• DPH Leadership Transition Underway
• CMS Improves Nursing Home 5-Star Ratings
• Administration on Aging Publishes Final Long Term Care Ombudsman Regulations

• Paramount Meadows fined $75,000 for Resident Death
• MacLay Health Center fined $75,000 for Resident Death
• Governor Seeks Hundreds of New Positions for DPH
• Superior Court Judge Orders Timely Decisions on Medi-Cal
• U.S. District Court Strikes Down Fair Labor Standard Act Rules
• CMS Issues Guidance on CPR in Nursing Homes
• Reporting Complaints or Concerns Regarding RCFEs
• New VA Pension Numbers Released for 2015

• Resignation of Department of Public Health Director Provides Opportunity for New Leadership at Troubled Agency
• Omnicare Facing New Federal Charges Involving Drugging of Nursing Home Residents
• NPR Hits on Antipsychotics in Nursing Homes
• Fresno Area Nursing Home Closure Raises New Concerns About Operator and DPH
• New RCFE Laws for 2015
• CANHR is Hiring
• Dementia Care California Trainings: Sustaining Momentum and Success

• Unmasked: How California’s Largest Nursing Home Chains Perform
• LA County Health Department Allegedly Falsified Nursing Home Probe Records
• Center for Public Integrity Finds Widespread Inflation of Nursing Home Staffing Levels
• The Coordinated Care Initiative (CCI) Implementation is cancelled in Alameda County
• CANHR is Hiring
• Support CANHR When You Purchase Holiday Gifts on Amazon.com
• Happy Thanksgiving from CANHR
• Dementia Care California Trainings: Sustaining Momentum and Success

• State Auditor Finds the Department of Public Health is Placing Nursing Home Residents at Risk
• Nursing Home Residents Can Go Home for the Holidays
• Four Assisted Living Providers Were Cited More Than $3 Million for Labor Violations
• LA County Officials Reduce Penalties in 3 Nursing Home Deaths
• CANHR Publication: "Medi-Cal Recovery: What you Need to Know and How to Avoid It"
• Alzheimer's Disease Circle of Care: 10th Annual Conference for Families
• Health Fair for Seniors and other Medicare Beneficiaries

• RCFE Reform Act of 2014 Bills Signed into Law!
  
• The Governor Vetoes SB 1124, While Onerous Recovery Regulations Proposed
• The 70% Left Behind
• Senior Health and Resource Fair - Newark
• 22nd Annual Senior Resource and Wellness Fair - San Jose

• For the Department of Social Services, The More Things Change...
• Medi-Cal Recovery Reform on its way to Governor Brown’s Desk:
  Contact the Governor's Office - Tell Him You Want This Bill Signed!
  
• Nursing Home Citation Report 2013
• CANHR is Hiring a Long Term Care Advocate
  
• Medicare’s Flawed Rating System for Nursing Homes
  
• President Obama Issues Executive Order Prohibiting Pre-Dispute Arbitration Agreements
  
• Federal Legislation Introduced Requiring a RN in Nursing Homes 24/7
  
• Center for Medicare Advocacy Sues to Fix Medicare Appeals Process
  
• Donate to CANHR When You Shop on Amazon.com

• Governor Brown signed AB 1572 (Eggman) Into Law
• Help Get RCFE Reform to the Governor!
• AARP Wins Class Action Against Over-drugging of Seniors
• The University Mound Ladies Home Appears to be Saved
• Tell Us Your Story - Readmission to a Nursing Home After a Hospital Stay
• 'Alive Inside' at the Opera Plaza, SF
• KQED Reports 'Down to the Wire: Lawmakers Have 4 Weeks to Act on Assisted Living Reforms'
• Online Training for Social Workers, Discharge Planners, Geriatric Case Managers, and other Professionals: Changes to Medi-Cal Under the Coordinated Care Initiative
• 'Comfort Care as the New Medicine' Moves to LA

• Inspector General Slams California Nursing Home Inspections Again
  
• CDPH Approves Skilled Nursing at Redding Veterans Home
  
• New CANHR Publication: "Medi-Cal Recovery: What you Need to Know and How to Avoid It"
  
• New Advocacy Guide for State HCBS Transition Plans, and National Consumer Groups Request CMS Action
  
• CFPB Releases Financial Protection Guide for Assisted Living & Nursing Facilities
  
• CCL Launched New RCFE Facility Search Website
• 'Comfort Care as the New Medicine' Going to Rock SoCal
• Online Training for Social Workers, Discharge Planners, Geriatric Case Managers, and other Professionals: Changes to Healthcare Under the Affordable Care Act

• RFCE Reform Act Picking Up Steam
  
• Prescott Cole is a Really Big Deal
  
• CMS Extends Deadline for Long Term Care Facilities to Install Sprinklers while Davis Nursing Home Fire Displaces 100 Residents
  
• U.S. Older Adult Population Will Double by 2050
  
• Assisted Living Death Tax Bites the Dust
• "Comfort as the New Medicine" Comes to San Diego on July 24

• SB 1124 (Medi-Cal Recovery & ACA)
  
• Los Angeles County Auditor Finds Nursing Home Complaints Not Investigated
  
• After DOMA - HHS Announces Important Medicare Information for People in Same-Sex Marriages
  
• CMS Meets Goal of 15% Antipsychotic Reduction in Nursing Homes; But 329,000 Residents Still Drugged
  
• Assisted Living Death Tax - No Longer Legal
• Training for Social Workers, Discharge Planners, Geriatric Case Managers, and Other Professionals: Changes to Healthcare Under the Affordable Care Act and Medi-Cal Recovery
• Attorney Training: ACA Implementation in California and Long Term Care Issues in 2014

• Changing California’s Medi-Cal Recovery System: SB 1124 (Hernandez) – Your Support is Needed!
  
• OIG Finds One-in-Three Nursing Home Residents Suffer Adverse Events
  
• Beware of the Unintended Consequence
  
• Educational Healthcare Forum on the Coordinated Care Initiative
  
• Training for Social Workers, Discharge Planners, Geriatric Case Managers, and Other Professionals: Changes to Healthcare Under the Affordable Care Act and Medi-Cal Recovery
  
• Attorney Training: ACA Implementation in California and
  Long Term Care Issues in 2014

• RCFE Reform Act of 2014 Ready for Hearings
  
• Human Services Hearing on RCFEs/Assisted Living
  
• NSCLC Report Concludes California Lags Other States in Regulating Assisted Living Facilities
  
• Legislation Introduced to Force Timely Completion of Nursing Home Complaint Investigations
  
• Medi-Cal Expansion and Medi-Cal Recovery – Buyer Beware!
  
• “Failure to Improve” - No Longer A Valid Excuse to Discontinue Nursing Home Medicare
  
• DOJ Issues Guidelines on Mobility Devices
  
• Upcoming Events

• RCFE Reform Act of 2014 Unveiled at Capitol Press Conference
  
• San Francisco Chronicle Exposes Deplorable Conditions at Eden Manor and Valley Springs Manor
  
• DPH Taken to Task for Neglecting Nursing Home Complaints
  
• California and the Country Losing Two Congressional Advocates
  
• Be On Guard for the “Accredited” VA Aid and Attendance Benefit Advisor
  
• ACA Resources Now Available on CANHR Website
  
• Upcoming Events
  
• Dementia Care Symposium - Thursday, February 6 - Sign up Now!
  
• Increasing Accountability in Assisted Living is Subject of Legislative Hearing on February 11th

• New Year Brings New Laws on Elder Abuse and Long Term Care
  
• 2014 Cost of Living Adjustments
  
• CMS Updates Medicare Manual regarding the “Improvement Standard”
  
• Upcoming Events

• CANHR 17th Annual Elder Law Conference
  
• CANHR Celebrates 30 Years of Advocacy
  
• $2.2 Billion Johnson & Johnson Settlement Sends New Warning:
• Antipsychotic Drugs Should Not Be Used to Treat Dementia
  
• State of California Failed to Conduct Timely Investigations of Nursing Home Complaints
  
• Upcoming Events
  
• Give to CANHR while you Shop with www.Goodshop.com!

• CANHR 17th Annual Elder Law Conference
  
• CANHR Celebrates 30 Years of Advocacy
  
• $2.2 Billion Johnson & Johnson Settlement Sends New Warning:
• Antipsychotic Drugs Should Not Be Used to Treat Dementia
  
• State of California Failed to Conduct Timely Investigations of Nursing Home Complaints
  
• Upcoming Events
  
• Give to CANHR while you Shop with www.Goodshop.com!

• CANHR Releases White Paper on Assisted Living: Unsafe, Unregulated, & Unaccountable
  
• CANHR Sues the State to Protect Unrepresented Nursing Home Residents from Abuse
  
• Governor Signs Bills Protecting Long-Term Care Residents
  
• USA Today Investigates Thefts from Nursing Home Resident Trust Funds
  
• Staff Attorney Prescott Cole Takes CANHR Message to Minnesota
  
• Website offers Video Training of Oral Care for Nursing Home Residents with Dementia
  
• Upcoming Events

• CANHR is pleased to announce the inaugural edition of its monthly E-Newletter
  
• CANHR Helps Expose Abuse and Neglect in Assisted Living
  
• CANHR Campaign to Combat Mandatory Arbitration Agreements in Long Term Care Facilities
  
• Governor Signs CANHR-Supported Bill Protecting Conservatee Rights
  
• Governor Appoints CANHR Attorney Prescott Cole to the California
• Professional Fiduciaries Advisory Committee
  
• Upcoming Events