The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services, or CMS, is a federal agency which, among other things, oversees the quality of care in assisted living facilities which accept patients enrolled in Medicare or Medicaid. The CMS maintains what it calls a Special Focus...
Month: March 2022
Slip-and fall victims and the impact of TBIs caused by a fall
As the saying goes, if you fall you should get up and dust yourself off. Taking a tumble may seem like a minor incident; however, falls could cause one to suffer serious injuries. In some cases, an individual could slip and fall on the property of another. Such a fall...
Vision Zero under scrutiny with fatal crashes on the rise
The year 2020 was one of the deadliest on record for the roads of Washington, D.C., despite there being fewer cars on the road. Now some are wondering whether Washington’s Vision Zero program, which began in 2015 and is meant to reduce fatal traffic accidents, is...