High Court Seeks Response To Nursing Home’s FNHRA Private Right Of Action Petition

Mealey's (January 11, 2022, 1:43 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A week after 17 states and two health care associations filed amicus curiae briefs in support of a nursing home’s petition asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review and reverse the Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals’ ruling that the Federal Nursing Home Reform Act (FNHRA) confers a private right of action to nursing home residents, the high court on Jan. 10 asked a former resident of the facility to respond to the petition....