“Malpractice claims involving nurses on the rise in home healthcare, report finds,” by Adam Healy, McKnights Home Care
“Professional malpractice claims involving home healthcare nurses are becoming an increasingly common occurrence, according to a new Nurse Professional Liability Claim Report by NSO, an insurance company. The number of malpractice claims involving home healthcare nurses has increased by approximately 5% since 2020. Also, the average total dollar amount incurred from these claims has risen 40% to roughly $300,000, the report found. Across healthcare settings, home health accounts for almost 22% of all nurse malpractice claims, the highest share out of all nursing specialties, it said.”
LTC Comment, Stephen A. Moses, President, Center for Long-Term Care Reform:
Looks like the plaintiff’s lawyers who have always had nursing homes in their sights are turning their attention to home caregivers. Just what we needed. First, Medicaid pays LTC providers less than cost. Care quality suffers as a result. Then lawyers advertise on highway billboards seeking malpractice cases they offer to take on contingency. If they practice “elder law” too, their malpractice cases may have been affluent Medicaid planning clients in the first place. The system is corrupt to its core.