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The End of SavaSeniorCare…Again

SavaSeniorCare will cease to exist as a company and transition into “regional operators” by the end of January 2023. CMS data showed as September 2022, Sava downsized to the 11th-largest U.S. nursing home operator. Sava had 92 facilities. Sava blames COVID and not fiscal mismanagement. The operator and its related entities agreed to pay $11.2 million

Medicare and Skilled Care

Demographics According to the 2020 U.S Census, people aged 65 and over comprise 16.8% of the country’s population. 70% of people currently age 65 or older will need some kind of long-term care, according to the federal government. However, there are only 1.7 million nursing home beds in 15,600 facilities, according to the Centers for

Powerful Documentary

I’d like to bring to your attention an important project that I hope you will consider supporting. “No Country For Old People” is a critically needed documentary inspired by award-winning filmmaker, Susie Singer Carter’s experience with our broken Long Term Care system for her mother from egregious nursing home neglect and abuse. Susie has partnered

Diversion of Funds

Related entities New York’s Attorney General Letitia James filed a detailed lawsuit against Bent Philipson. Bent Philipson is an infamous nursing home owner/operator. He and his family own and control 163 facilities across 18 states including the Peachtree Centre in Gaffney, S.C. The new suit shows how one can divert millions of dollars in government

Medicare Fraud

Michael Lonski is a licensed psychologist. Lonski submitted charges for residents of skilled nursing facilities. He was previously excluded from the Medicare program over fraud allegations. In 2002, Lonski settled a federal lawsuit in New York alleging healthcare fraud offenses. Now, he has again pleaded guilty to new charges that he bilked the government out

Deliberate Indifference

MLive reported that a jury compensated a victim’s family $6.4 million. The victim died in 2018 after being found unresponsive in the Kent County Jail. The family of Wade Jones complain he was not properly treated for alcohol withdrawal and nursing staff failed to treat. The judgment is against Corizon Health, which has since become

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