Michael Scinta, an attorney at Brown Chiari, spoke with WKBW regarding the complicated financial web that allows some for-profit nursing home owners to receive public money through Medicaid and Medicare and essentially pay themselves with those and other profits. The interview and article, entitled “I-Team: Following the money in nursing home ownership,” can be accessed here.
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When a dementia resident at a troubled Delaware Avenue nursing home escaped through a third-story window and fell 34 feet, his dying request was that someone hold his hand, a wrongful death lawsuit against the facility states.
William L. Strasner, 87, had been trying for weeks to flee from Emerald South Nursing and Rehabilitation Center by removing bolts that prevented the window in his room from opening more than 6 inches. He succeeded in the early morning hours of June 4, 2018, climbing out using a rope he had made from shirts and pants. Read More….
The National Trial Lawyers is pleased to announce that Andrea Conjerti of Brown Chiari LLP in Buffalo has been selected for inclusion into its Top 40 Under 40 Civil Plaintiff Trial Lawyers in New York, an honor given to only a select group of lawyers for their superior skills and qualifications in the field. Membership in this exclusive organization is by invitation only and is limited to the top 40 attorneys in each state or region who have demonstrated excellence and have achieved outstanding results in their careers in either civil plaintiff or criminal defense law.
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BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A former Buffalo nursing home that was the target of criticism from county and state officials has also generated several lawsuits. A Long Island couple formerly known as “controlling investors” of the Emerald South Nursing and Rehabilitation Center are suing Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz.
The County Executive accused the owners of being out-of-touch with the Buffalo facility, and recent court documents seem to back him up. Read more…
An 87-year-old man died Monday at Emerald South, a Buffalo nursing home where more than 80 percent of the residents and patients are on Medicaid.
Mike Scinta, an attorney with the Brown Chiari law firm, which specializes in cases like these, stopped by News 4 on Monday to talk about the situation.
Emerald South declined to comment on the incident to News 4. Read more…
WILLIAMSVILLE, N.Y. (WIVB) – When a resident of Brompton Heights Senior Living Facility was treated at ECMC after being found lying in the snow wearing only a nightgown, she had a core body temperature of 82.5 degrees.
That’s according to a Department of Health report on the incident, which News 4 obtained on Wednesday.
The incident happened in December 2017. The woman, Alice Klosko, who was 87 at the time, later died in January 2019, according to Michael Scinta, an attorney with BrownChiari who represents her estate.
Kaleida will pay a $500,000 penalty to Medicaid as reimbursement for lack of care.
BUFFALO, N.Y. — Latifa Johnson says the grief she felt when her 16-month-old son died in 2015 has returned.
Johnson gave birth to triplets, two girls and a boy. The boy, Jameir, had a problem with his airway so he had a breathing tube administered.
As a result, she was advised to have him under care at Kaleida’s HighPointe, a nursing facility, for the cold and flu season. Read More…
An $85,925 fine against Safire Rehabilitation of Southtowns was the fifth-largest federal fine imposed on a nursing home in New York State in the last three years.
State Department of Health inspectors in May 2016 found that a licensed practical nurse at the Buffalo nursing home failed to disinfect a shared blood glucose meter when testing up to 20 residents, including two who had known communicable bloodborne diseases.
Other LPNs who cleaned glucose meters at the Dorrance Avenue facility were not using the proper cleaning agents, “germicidal or bleach wipes,” but instead using alcohol swabs, according to the Health Department. Read more…
It was 7:30 a.m. on Thursday, May 21st when Harold Perryman of Shortsville called Elm Manor Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in Canandaigua.
Each morning he would call-in to wish his wife Beatrice, “Bea” good morning as she would start her own day – but that didn’t happen on this particular occasion.
Instead of hearing her voice, the phone kept ringing. It rang. It rang. It rang, and no answer. His daily routine had been disrupted.
That had never happened before out of all the times he contacted his beloved Bea while at Elm Manor.
As soon as the phoneline dropped, he immediately called back at 7:35 a.m. only to find-that his wife passed, according to the nurses’ station. Read more…
The law firm of Brown Chiari LLP pursued a claim on behalf of Andrew C. Huegel. Days ago, Court of Claims Judge J. David Sampson awarded Huegel almost $2.2 million. Read more…
According to The Buffalo News, Assisted Living Facilities must take back residents who were hospitalized under suspicion of having the COVID-19 virus if they have no symptoms. This mandate applies even if the residents tested positive for the virus. Read more…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently issued new recommendations to long-term care facilities. For more information, see Long-Term Care Facility Guidance.
