Hospital Gets No Credit For Care Not Paid By Medicare
NOVEMBER 17, 2003 VOLUME 11, NUMBER 20 While in Via Christi’s St. Francis Hospital in Wichita, Kansas, for tests, Lyle Rose fell out of his bed and hit his head. He suffered a subdural hematoma (a blood clot in the brain) and developed other complications. He stayed in the hospital for over a month, but […]
Court Dismisses Claim Alleging Neglect Of Mother-In-Law
FEBRUARY 18, 2002 VOLUME 9, NUMBER 34 Frances McMahon spent the last year of her life at Guardian Postacute Services, a Walnut Creek, California, skilled nursing facility. According to her family members, the care at the facility led to her early death; she allegedly suffered from malnutrition and dehydration, lost considerable weight, became bedridden and […]