{"id":91,"date":"2017-08-09T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-08-09T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/garmerprather.lawblogger.net\/blog\/nursing-homes-may-return-to-arbitration-agreements\/"},"modified":"2019-04-29T12:23:47","modified_gmt":"2019-04-29T16:23:47","slug":"nursing-homes-may-return-to-arbitration-agreements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.garmerprather.com\/blog\/nursing-homes-may-return-to-arbitration-agreements\/","title":{"rendered":"Nursing homes may return to arbitration agreements"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Those considering Kentucky nursing homes for the care of their loved ones may want to know about proposed rule change that could shield facilities from lawsuits. A prior rule allowed facilities that receive federal funding to use mandatory arbitration clauses in contracts; however, they could not demand consent to arbitration as a condition of admittance. The new rule proposed in July would allow the inclusion of pre-dispute arbitration clauses as a condition of serving patients and their families. <\/p>\n<p>Taking away the right of consumers to petition the courts could prove to be problematic. Pre-dispute arbitration clauses are commonly used in financial contracts, but the damages caused by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.garmerprather.com\/Nursing-Home-Abuse\/index.html\">nursing home abuse<\/a> extend far beyond monetary value. Victims may suffer from neglect, which could include malnutrition, failure to monitor patient well-being, pressure sores and serious injuries leading to amputation or death. Since arbitration imposes confidentiality and other limitations, a victim and family may receive monetary compensation without exposing the nursing home to the community. <\/p>\n<p>The potential for public court hearings, loss of reputation and jury decisions serve as a primary reason for nursing homes to maintain high <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/entry\/protecting-our-vulnerable-from-abuse-and-neglect-the_us_5980c269e4b0d187a59690a0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">standards of care<\/a>, adequate staff levels and strict hiring policies. Some fear that mandatory arbitration will remove this incentive. Victims could also end up losing monetary compensation in arbitration with nursing homes typically selecting the arbitrator. <\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.garmerprather.com\/blog\/nursing-homes-may-return-to-arbitration-agreements\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Nursing homes may return to arbitration agreements\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Those considering Kentucky nursing homes for the care of their loved ones may want to know about proposed rule change that could shield facilities from lawsuits. A prior rule allowed facilities that receive federal funding to use mandatory arbitration clauses in contracts; however, they could not demand consent to arbitration as a condition of admittance. The new rule proposed in July would allow the inclusion of pre-dispute arbitration clauses as a condition of serving patients and their families.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[33],"class_list":["post-91","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nursing-home-abuse-neglect","tag-nursing-home-abuse"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Nursing homes may return to arbitration agreements &#8212; Kentucky Injury Law News &#8212; August 9, 2017<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Those considering Kentucky nursing homes for the care of their loved ones may want to know about proposed rule change that ... nursing home abuse\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.garmerprather.com\/blog\/nursing-homes-may-return-to-arbitration-agreements\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Nursing homes may return to arbitration agreements &#8212; 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