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The federal government is stepping up to better protect nursing home residents and their caregivers from illegal debt collection practices. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), and Consumer of Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) recently sent a joint letter to nursing homes and their debt collectors urging them to comply with federal law.
“Nursing home residents and their families have the right to be free from harassment and financial pressures from facilities,” said CMS Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure. “CMS supports CFPB’s focus on making sure debt collection practices of nursing homes comply with federal law. The Bureau’s action complements the significant work CMS and our partners are doing in support of the Biden-Harris Administration’s initiative to improve the safety and quality of care in our nation’s nursing homes.”
Martin J. Solomon is a principal at Solomon & Relihan PC and has been licensed to practice law in Arizona since 1970. He practices exclusively in the area of personal injury litigation, with an emphasis on nursing home abuse and neglect. Martin is a graduate of the University of Arizona College of Law, a past president of the Arizona Trial Lawyers Association, and has served as a member of the Board of Directors for the Arizona Center for Disability Law and the Arizona Center for Law in the Public Interest. He is a member of the Nursing Home Litigation Group in the American Association for Justice (formerly the American Trial Lawyers Association), the National Citizens’ Coalition for Nursing Home Reform and the Maricopa Elder Abuse Prevent Prevention Alliance.
