The National Citizen's Coalition for Nursing Home Reform (NCCNHR), in conjunction with the SEIU, has set up a toll free hotline to get people in touch with their Senators about the importance of S. 2641, the Nursing Home Transparency and

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has released its action plan for nursing home improvement. CMS is responsible for establishing standards for national nursing home care by developing the standards, inspecting homes, and collaborating with other organizations to

A nursing home employee has been arrested and charged with theft of medications from nursing home residents. The employee apparently switched prescription pain relievers with over the counter pain relievers and then gave the wrong medication to the nursing home

A nursing home in Canton, Ohio has lost its federal funding for having too many violations. According to inspectors, each time they went to the facility there was another problem. Unlike large corporate facilities, many smaller homes survive on Medicare

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has threatened to cut its payments for nursing homes by 0.3%. Though the percentage seems small, the economic consequences in the nursing home industry will be much larger. This cut could usher

A 20 year old girl with terminal kidney disease has died in a nursing home after crying for help for six hours. According to news reports, the nursing home staff ignored her cries for help for six hours before finding

A mental health nursing home has made the news for two colossal problems: frequent resident suicide and unsanitary conditions. Multiple residents in the past year have attempted suicide and the state inspectors believe mental health nursing home abuse and neglect

Levin & Perconti Founder and Senior Partner John Perconti was interviewed Chicago's ABC affiliate about the dangers of uninsured nursing homes. The report focused on Rosewood Nursing Homes, specifically the Rosewood Inverness nursing home where a resident died after falling

Levin & Perconti have filed a nursing home abuse and neglect lawsuit against Summit Assisted Living Naperville North for the wrongful death of an 87-year old woman under the Illinois Assisted Living Act. The woman entered the Summit Assisted Living

Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has joined the fight against fraud in home health care by exposing a large Medicare fraud led by a major home health care corporation. The corporation provides in-home nursing services. In-home nursing service abuse is a

Lee Isringhausen, an Illinois resident, contracted with APM Custom Homes, a Florida corporation, to build a home in Marco Island, Florida. Lee died before the house was built. APM returned most of the $100,000 deposit to Lee's estate, but kept

For many of us, prioritizing financial responsibilities can often be difficult. You can be shopping one day and the next; all forms of cash and credit are frozen. The IRS has placed a levy on all of your assets!More: continued

Online tax services and electronic tax filing (e-filing) have tremendously changed the way we do our taxes. Gone are the days of hunkering down in a pile of file folders and paper receipts, of arriving to the post office late

Simplification Of Pension Regimes & The New Tax Privileges Before 6th April, 2006, there was a wide variety of pension regimes. Various governments introduced new legislation to limit the maximum levels of contribution, tax-free lump sum, retirement income, and benefit

You are a home school and you also have to file for income tax, this is because government doesn't put you under lawful schools category. Those teachers who teach in either private education centers or accredited public schools are liable

Businesses, just as individuals, are responsible for paying income taxes to the government. Daily business expenditures and benefits provided to employees may actually be opportunities for some tax relief for your business.More: continued here

One of the slogans that resonated most strongly throughout the 2006 campaign season in Idaho was Jerry Brady's "Idaho is Not for Sale." Two years after his defeat, someone observing recent political news from the state has to wonder if

Idaho Democratic candidate for Congress Walt Minnick held a sale on gasoline today, and over 350 cars showed up. The posted price at a Boise Chevron station was $3.59 a gallon, but for an hour this morning customers paid $2.26

I caught up briefly with my friends Chad and Amber at the EMC event in Kansas City. Chad sent me these questions, which I thought others might find helpful: 1) What are your favorite resources for preparation to preach or...

Jeremy Del Rio blogged and photographed our EMC event in Bronx last weekend. The next best thing to being there would be catching his excellent verbal and visual report here.Vic Your last chance this year to be part of the...