There is a shortage of trained, qualified nursing home staff in the United States. There are federal staffing requirements for nursing homes that receive Medicare and Medicaid funding, requirements of which are rarely met. Here in Mississippi, I frequently see the tragic effects of this understaffing—neglect, medication errors, injuries, poor hygiene, falls, and more. No […]
Most of us are horrified by the thought of elder abuse. Our parents took care of us as we grew from babies to children to adults, and we all went the best for them in their twilight years. But as the Baby Boomer generation grows older and more and more of them enter nursing home […]
Being injured in a trucking accident can be a life-altering or, worse, a life-ending event. Receiving the full compensation you deserve for your loved one’s death, or your injuries, loss of work, and loss of lifestyle will depend in large part on what evidence you can preserve that shows that the trucking company was at […]
Anyone who spends any time on Mississippi’s highways knows that they are filled with trucks. Whatever you call them—big rigs, long-haulers, eighteen wheelers—they are large, moving fast, and, unfortunately, prone to devastating accidents. Unfortunately, I frequently meet clients who have been injured or had a loved one killed in an accident with one of these […]
Without a rich bounty program for whistleblowers and robust legal prohibitions against retaliation, it is unlikely that anyone would take the risks of reporting fraud—luckily, most whistleblower programs offer both. Clients here in Mississippi often ask me to walk them through a whistleblower claim, a process that usually begins with a description the definition of […]
Eight years after the 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill devastated the Gulf region, over 14,000 medical claims are still unpaid. That’s over a third of the over 37,000 medical claims made in the aftermath of the spill, response, and recovery. While that statistic itself is troubling, it’s also alarming that many of the payouts […]
Many of the whistleblower claims I see here in Mississippi involve the healthcare industry, especially referrals for unnecessary procedures and kickbacks for client referrals. Exposing this sort of fraud can be worth it to the whistleblower, but a question often arises, “how do you expose fraud involving medical patients without simultaneously violating HIPAA?” In simpler […]
Clients here in Mississippi often ask whether it is worth it financially to be a whistleblower. There certainly are risks involved, but in return for taking the substantial risks sometimes required to expose fraud, the whistleblower may receive a significant percentage of any funds the government recovers. In May, the government recovered $111 million in […]
Long haul trucks weigh 70,000 to 80,000 pounds and can move down the highway at high rates of speed. With those factors at play, accidents can be sudden and devastating. One factor in crashes that I commonly see is wind. Given trucks’ incredible weight, many of my clients here do not suspect that wind can […]
Injured workers here in Mississippi often come to me with questions about social security disability benefits, which are available to those whose injuries are so debilitating that they are unable to work. Social Security Disability (SSD) benefits provide a monthly payment to help with the injured worker’s living costs. If you have been severely injured […]
