ABC News reported on a video that recorded a certified nursing assistant, Claire Garrovillas, roughly handling a nursing home resident. The most disturbing part of the video is the ordinary nature of the abuse. The caregiver approaches the resident normally. Without provocation or justification, she violently slaps the vulnerable adult on his face like it’s
Private equity and REIT own and control nursing homes but hide behind sham related entities and shell companies. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will provide nursing home ownership data available to increase transparency in the industry. CMS will post on data.cms.gov and updated monthly. The industry has profited significantly from creating complex organizational structures.
CN2 reported on a tragic situation caused by the lack of supervision at Helms Gordon Residential Care. The facility allowed 79 year old Judy Pate to walk away from the facility without assistance or supervision. This is reckless. The facility is home to vulnerable adults who need assistance and supervision. The facility knew or should have
Long Overdue The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ August data shows state inspectors are overdue on monitoring 4,500 nursing homes for annual standard surveys. Ridiculous. 71% of nursing homes had gone at least 16 months without a standard survey. The time between surveys ballooned during the pandemic. Sen. Bob Casey Jr. (D-PA) is demanding state
Unreliable Data Health Leaders warned families not to rely on self-reported data. The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) established the Nursing Home Compare website in the 1990s to publicly report patient safety indicators for every nursing facility in the nation. Nursing homes self-report quality measures or clinical indicators to CMS. This data
Karma for Hubris? Another obnoxious defense lawyer learns about karma. Robert McKenna III appeared in an online video bragging of getting his client off for malpractice. He was celebrating and apparently admitting fraud. A video of McKenna’s boasts were then posted to his firm’s social media page. The firm removed it amid backlash in online
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