HPS Attorneys Laura Ginett, Elizabeth Neidig, and Molly Pankauskas obtained a defense verdict in a recent Cook County trial against a Chicago hospital, alongside a co-defendant general surgeon who was an alleged agent and apparent agent of the hospital.

Suicidal ideation-related emergency department visits for youth in Illinois increased substantially from 2016 through 2021, with key peaks starting before the COVID-19 pandemic, medical researchers in Chicago have found.

HPS Attorneys Laura Ginett and Elizabeth Neidig successfully defended a Chicago-area anesthesiologist against allegations of negligence related to his administration of a supraclavicular nerve block and pre-operative sedation.

Residents leaving a facility against medical advice creates a tricky liability situation for skilled nursing providers. Hall Prangle & Schoonveld (HPS) Partner Elizabeth Neidig recently spoke with Caralyn Davis of the American Association of Post-Acute Care Nursing (AAPACN) to identify the key ways in which a facility can protect itself from liability stemming from an "AMA" discharge. Below is an overview of that conversation that Elizabeth wrote. Click here to read the conversation on AAPACN.com (membership required).

HPS Partners Laura Ginett and Elizabeth Neidig will present at the annual conference of the American Association of Post-Acute Care Nursing, on June 3, 2020, from 3:00 - 4:30 on the use of The Minimum Data Set Assessments (MDS) and Care Plans in personal injury and wrongful death litigation.

On May 8, 2020, CMS implemented new infectious disease reporting and notification regulations for the nation's skilled nursing facilities when it published an interim final rule with comment (IFC) entitled "Medicare and Medicaid Programs, Basic Health Program, and Exchanges; Additional Policy and Regulatory Revisions in Response to the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency and Delay of Certain Reporting Requirements for the Skilled Nursing Facility Quality Reporting." The Rule is available at The Federal Registrar website.