Kindred nursing home arbitration suit to get U.S. Supreme Court review

Modern Healthcare:  The U.S. Supreme Court decided Friday to weigh in on the validity of nursing home arbitration agreements, granting review to a case involving Kindred Healthcare nursing homes.A Kindred subsidiary that operates nursing homes in Kentucky asked the justices to address the validity of their arbitration agreements with residents. The company maintains that federal law allows them to use such provisions to avoid litigation. In the case at hand, Kindred is fighting the daughters of two former residents of one of their nursing facilities.

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