Feds may limit right to sue nursing homes

AUSTIN (KXAN) – The Trump administration is looking to undo an Obama-era rule that could limit legal recourse for nursing home residents who allege abuse, sexual assault and neglect.
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) plans to strip nursing home residents and their families of the right to go to court over those issues. It is not clear how soon the changes would go into effect.
The rule that would be eliminated, established by the Obama Administration, “prohibited nursi