Facility Operators Tell 7th Circuit FNHRA Doesn't Confer Private Right Of Action

Mealey's (October 1, 2020, 10:33 AM EDT) -- CHICAGO — A federal judge in Indiana did not err in finding that the Federal Nursing Home Reform Act (FNHRA) does not confer a private right of action and, therefore, does not support a nursing home resident's claim for violation of his civil rights, the facility, its owner and the company that manages and operates it tell the Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in a Sept. 29 appellee brief (Gorgi Talevski v. Health and Hospital Corporation of Marion County, et al., No. 20-1664, 7th Cir.)....