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The Advocate had a good article on the lawsuit filed after video evidence showed a resident was physically, verbally, and sexually assaulted at her nursing home. Dana Verdugo sued Madison de Lafayette nursing home on behalf of her mother after she became aware of this alleged abuse. Lafayette Parish Sheriff’s investigator informed her of a video
A researcher from the University of Texas found a pattern of poor health outcomes in skilled nursing facilities that fraudulently overbilled Medicare. The paper, “Overbilling and Killing? An Examination of the Skilled Nursing Industry,” revealed how patients at fraudulent Skilled Nursing Facilities suffered worse health outcomes because those facilities sought to increase revenue rather than
Joseph Schwartz of New York pled guilty to a $38.9 million employment tax fraud scheme within a nursing home. Schwartz admitted that he failed to send payroll taxes to the Internal Revenue Service, and that he failed to file an annual financial report with the U.S Department of Labor for the 401(k) benefit plan of
The US finds itself amidst a serious issue: healthcare rates are increasing faster than inflation, specifically in the nursing home industry where costs are rising by 4.5% compared to the 2.6% inflation rate. This is not sustainable. Healthcare is a necessity, not a luxury. If everything else is getting more expensive, and something as necessary
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