The recent $45 million False Claims Act settlement involving Vohra Wound Physicians, one of the nation’s largest bedside wound-care providers for nursing homes and skilled nursing facilities, is one of the most significant fraud cases seen in long-term care in years. Vohra and its infamous founder, Dr. Ameet Vohra, built an enormous wound-care empire defending
WSAW reported on the tragic case of a nursing home resident who died from infection caused by neglect. Sam Ray Senior passed away due to an extremely neglected wound at Arbors in Sylvania. After having endured and been treated for a urinary tract infection and aspiration pneumonia in a hospital, Sam Ray Senior and his
The tragic death of Lucy Garcia, a resident of the Arbors at Oregon nursing home, highlights another severe example of neglect in the nursing home industry. The nursing home allowed Garcia to develop a fatal pressure injury. She died from a Stage 4 pressure ulcer that was not prevented or treated. The facility imposed unreasonable
The Arkansas Democrat Gazette reported a tremendous victory. A Little Rock jury agreed with the family of Zelma Grissom that neglect caused her wrongful death. Grissom was the mother of six who resided at the Hillview Post Acute and Rehabilitation Center. Joseph Schwartz is the New York owner of the failed Arkansas nursing home chain,
South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson’s office arrested two caregivers neglecting to care for the wounds of two residents at Magnolia Manor-Spartanburg. The nursing home is part of the Fundamental family of companies. Fundamental Administrative Services and Fundamental Clinical and Operational Services manage and operate the facility owned by New York real estate multi-millionaire Murray
Unnecessary Amputation NBC News reported the bizarre case in Wisconsin. Nurse Mary K. Brown removed the right foot of a resident at Spring Valley Health and Rehabilitation Center. Police accuse a nurse of amputating a patient’s foot without permission. Apparently, she wanting to display it in her family’s taxidermy shop. Police charged Brown with physical
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