Deinstitutionalization Politico had a great article about the loneliness at institutional nursing homes and how that affected Bill Thomas to make change. Thomas previously pioneered a philosophy that gave nursing home residents more control over their lives. He advocated a more holistic view of caring for older adults. He emphasized individualized nursing care, but also
MarketWatch asked an important question: Would you want your parents to live in a nursing home owned by private equity? As a nursing home attorney, I have found that nonprofits are better than for-profits, and chains owned by private equity are the worse. Over the last two decades, private equity firms bought 2,000 nursing homes.
Systemic Siphoning United States Department of Justice issued a press release on the SavaSeniorCare False Claims Act settlement. The lawsuits allege that Sava submitted false claims for rehabilitation therapy services by engaging in a systematic effort to increase its Medicare billings. “Too many unscrupulous nursing homes operators seek maximum profit by routinely inflating bills while
New Jersey passed a law requiring nursing homes to disclose the names of owners and relate entities. Ownership transparency increases accountability and safety. As a nursing home attorney, this is progress. I hope South Carolina passes similar legislation. The law requires operators to disclose material information about changes of ownership. This will help find repeat
Embezzlement Office of Attorney General Maura Healey from Massachusetts reported a guilt plea from Christina Polcari. She was the admissions director at the Meadow Green Nursing Home in Waltham. She embezzled tens of thousands of dollars from a nursing home resident. Polcari pleaded guilty to Larceny over $1,200 from a Person over 60 years old
Haider Warraich is a cardiologist, researcher, and writer at the VA Boston Healthcare System, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and Harvard Medical School. Views expressed are not employers’. He wrote the below as an editorial for StatNews. Nursing homes and hospice care are supposed to provide safe refuges for older people and those near the ends
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