American Health Partners has agreed to pay more than $2 million to the federal government and the state of Tennessee. The settlement stems from AHP’s violations of the False Claims Act, as the company billed Medicare and TennCare for grossly substandard nursing home services at Lewis County Nursing and Rehabilitation, LLC, from 2019 and 2024.
Assisted living facilities are quickly becoming a more common option for long-term care. “The growth [in assisted living] reflects both the expansion of assisted living communities nationwide and a known preference for more community-based services,” said Paul Lingamfelter, an AARP Public Policy Institute policy adviser for long-term care, said in a statement. As the number of
Lawsuits are also piling up against the Arbors nursing home chain. The facilities are operated by Prestige Healthcare, a Louisville management company. Since 2024, at least 11 plaintiffs have filed lawsuits accusing Arbors facilities of negligence or medical errors that caused patients’ deaths, according to court records analyzed by Signal Statewide. Victims of neglect contend
The Lund Report had an article discussing the negative effect of private equity ownership of nursing homes. It doesn’t take a detective to find a pattern of neglect across several nursing homes. Another common denominator for abuse, though, is facility ownership by private equity firms. To combat this rising concern within the nursing home industry, Connecticut
McKnight’s had an article about “no lift” policies in assisted living facility. A no lift policy requires caregivers to ignore helping vulnerable adults under their care and supervision. This issue arose after a tragic case in Minnesota. After falling from his scooter in an assisted living facility, Larry Thompson was pinned against the wall. No