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630,000 SUVs to be recalled by Chrysler
Chrysler has announced two Jeep recalls totaling 630,000 vehicles worldwide. The recall will include 409,000 Jeep Patriot and Compass models from 2010 and 2012 to fix seat-belt and air bag problems. The recall centers around a software error which could cause late deployment of the air bags and seat-belt tightening…
Read MoreGeneric Drug Maker Pays $500 Million in Fines
Ranbaxy, a generic drug maker, pleaded guilty to federal drug safety violations on Monday and agreed to pay $500 million in fines to resolve claims that it sold subpar drugs and made false statements to the Food and Drug Administration regarding its manufacturing processes. Ranbaxy acknowledged that it failed to…
Read MoreFacility Cited in Death of Alzheimer’s Patient
The Wisconsin Department of Health Services has cited Four Winds Lodge for failure to check on a 93-year-old resident who died of hypothermia last March. The citation was for failing to provide adequate supervision. Edna Biederman, who suffered from Alzheimers, was not issued an alarm bracelet after displaying exit-seeking behavior three…
Read MoreMay is Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month
May is Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month and PKSD would like to remind drivers of cars, trucks and buses to share the road with motorcycle riders. There has been an increase in motorcycle deaths every year for the past 14 years with the exception of 2009 when there was a sharp…
Read MoreBank Foreclosure Settlement – Too Little, Too Late?
The housing bubble continues to percolate. For years banks engaged in loan and mortgage practices that took advantage of consumers. Now it looks like the tables are starting to turn and relief for some eligible borrowers is on the way. However, some homeowners are wondering if the bank settlements are…
Read MorePitman Honored as Leader in the Law
Attorney Jeffrey Pitman was honored at the annual Leaders in the Law event presented by The Wisconsin Law Journal last Thursday at the Milwaukee Hilton City Center. The attorneys and judges selected have demonstrated their outstanding leadership, vision and legal expertise in Wisconsin’s law community. The following was written by…
Read MoreGeorgia Man Defrauds Medicare & Medicaid of $32 Million
An Atlanta nursing home owner and his wife have been convicted on charges to defraud the Medicare and Medicaid programs by billing them for “worthless services” in the operation of three deficient nursing homes. George Dayln Houser, 63, of Atlanta, ran two nursing homes (Mount Berry and Moran Lake) in…
Read MoreVoluntary Nursing Home Improvement Plan Disappoints
CMA Alert Many nursing facilities that are identified by the federal government as among the facilities providing the poorest quality of care to residents in the country – the Special Focus Facilities (SFFs) – participate in the nursing home industry’s voluntary quality improvement campaign, Advancing Excellence in Americas Nursing Homes….
Read More$1.5 million Verdict in Germantown Group Home Death
The following is an article written by Lee Berquist and appeared in the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel on January 8, 2012. Jurors in Washington County awarded more than $1.5 million Friday to the mother of 56-year-old woman who died after choking while in the care of a group home in Germantown. Vicky…
Read MoreSeniors May Get Incorrect Meds From Nursing Homes
HealthDay reported a study in the Journal of General Internal Medicine suggesting that nearly 40 percent of American seniors who receive medical care from a home health agency take at least one prescription drug that is potentially unsafe or ineffective for them, which is a rate nearly three times higher…
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