Lawyer Resources for Bed Sores

New Medicare and Medicaid guidelines will soon put pressure on nursing homes and other long-term care facilities to provide better wound-care for their residents.  Under the revised pressure ulcer regulations (F-314), facilities will be unable to receive reimbursement from Medicare or Medicaid if the agencies deem the pressure ulcer to…

Today I met with a family who’s mother recently died from sepsis after a month stay at a Chicago-area hospital.  The family hesitantly confided in me that their mother had a gaping hole on her buttocks at the time of her death.  While the family obviously was not responsible for…