TENNESSEE-BASED NATIONAL HEALTHCARE CORPORATION SETTLES MEDICARE FRAUD CASE FOR $27 MILLION WASHINGTON, DC – National Healthcare Corporation (NHC) will pay the United States $27 million to resolve allegations under the False Claims Act that the company submitted falsely inflated reports to Medicare, the Justice Department announced today. The government alleged that beginning in 1991 the
(Data are for U.S. for year indicated) Number of nursing homes: 18,000 Number of beds: 1.9 million Number of current residents: 1.6 million Average length of stay (current resident): 892 days Number of discharged residents: 2.5 million Average length of stay (discharged resident): 272 days Occupancy rate: 87 percent Source: The National Nursing Home Survey:
Wrong Insulin Dose, Other Neglect Results In $1.05 Million Nursing Home Verdict By Gregory Froom The estate of a diabetic woman whose blood sugar plummeted after she was injected with another patient’s insulin has won a $1.05 million verdict against the Upstate nursing home where she resided. The estate claimed that the 85-year-old patient suffered
Estate Settles Nursing Home Neglect Claim Over Dehydration Plaintiffs Claimed Facility Failed To Address Fluid Intake, Urinary Infection $300,000 Mediated Settlement Principal injuries (in order of severity): Dehydration, malnutrition and UTI causing death. County where tried or settled: York Case Name and Number: Barley et al. v. White Oak Manor – York, Inc. et al.,
Weighing The ‘Family Factor’ In Nursing Home Neglect Cases By Michael Dayton Before heading to trial with a nursing home neglect action, Spartanburg attorney Gary W. Poliakoff offers this advice: think about the family. “The family factor is more unique to nursing homes than other kinds of cases,” Poliakoff told Lawyers Weekly. “A loving family
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