FBI Raid of Indiana Nursing Home CEO Raises Additional Concerns About Indiana’s Nursing Home Industry
FBI Raid of Indiana Nursing Home CEO Raises Additional Concerns About Indiana’s Nursing Home Industry
According to various news reports, the FBI has begun conducting a raid at the Carmel home of the CEO of an Indiana nursing home corporation, American Senior Communities.
According to news reports, the raid and investigation by the FBI stems from possible criminal activity related to Medicare and Medicaid reimbursements and kickbacks.
According to its website, American Senior Communities is affiliated with more than 90 nursing homes located across Indiana. According to the reports, at least some of those nursing homes are owned by The Health and Hospital Corporation of Marion County. A list of the nursing homes are provided below.
Nursing home neglect and Medicare fraud are often associated with for for-profit nursing home corporations. We previously reported on the Office of the Inspector General’s 2012 study into inappropriate, inaccurate, and fraudulent medical claims for payment from Medicare. These fraudulent claims by nursing homes cost taxpayers $1.5 billion in 2009 alone. Nursing home corporations not only boost their bottom line by padding their Medicare reimbursements, but also through short staffing their facilities leading to poor quality of care for patients.
Indiana’s nursing home industry has long held the dubious distinction of providing some of the worst nursing home care in the U.S. For example, in 2009, Indiana was found to have more poorly performing nursing homes than any other state, according to a U.S. Government Accountability Office report.
Today’s troubling reports come after a string of recent media accounts that reflect poorly upon the state of nursing home care in Indiana. Recently, a former employee of the Waters of Scottsburg nursing home was charged with the felony of voyeurism involving a nursing home patient, for allegedly taking a naked photograph of a nursing home patient’s back, buttocks and legs and sharing the photograph with others on social media.
Earlier this year, indictments were filed by a grand jury filed against a former employee of a Lawrenceburg, Indiana nursing home in connection to the death of a patient of the nursing home. According to news reports, a witness in that case told detectives that the employee violently pulled the patient from a walker, breaking the patient’s vertebra and causing death.
In yet another case, a former employee of a Jasper, Indiana nursing home was charged with sexual battery, battery with injury, and intimidation based upon allegations that the nursing home employee performed sexual acts with a patient, and then threatened the patient if he told anyone about it.
Additional information on Indiana’s nursing home performance and the prevalence of Medicare fraud at nursing home facilities:
- Profits Over Patients: Study Finds Quality Concerns at Largest For-Profit Nursing Homes
- Kindred Healthcare, Inc. and RehabCare Group, Inc. Sued in Connection with Nursing Home Medicare Fraud Investigation
- AARP Bulletin Warns of Poor Performance by Indiana Nursing Homes
AMERICAN SENIOR COMMUNITIES NURSING HOMES:
- Allisonville Meadows (Assisted Living)
- Allisonville Meadows (Healthcare)
- American Village (Garden Homes, Independent Apartments, and Assisted Living)
- American Village (Healthcare)
- Arbor Grove Village
- Aster Place
- Autumn Ridge Rehabilitation Centre
- Avalon Village (Garden Homes)
- Avalon Village (Healthcare)
- Beech Grove Meadows (Assisted Living & Garden Homes)
- Beech Grove Meadows (Healthcare)
- Ben Hur Health and Rehabilitation
- Bethany Village (Assisted Living)
- Bethany Village (Healthcare)
- Bethlehem Woods Nursing & Rehabilitation
- Betz Nursing Home
- Brownsburg Meadows (Garden Homes, Assisted Living & Memory Care)
- Brownsburg Meadows (Healthcare)
- Canterbury Nursing & Rehabilitation Center
- Cardinal Nursing & Rehabilitation
- Clark Rehabilitation and Skilled Nursing Center
- Clinton Gardens
- Columbia Healthcare Center
- Community Nursing & Rehabilitation
- Countryside Meadows
- Coventry Meadows (Assisted Living, Memory Care & Garden Homes)
- Coventry Meadows (Healthcare)
- Creekside Village
- Cypress Grove Rehabilitation Center
- Danville Regional Rehabilitation
- Eagle Valley Meadows
- East Lake Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
- Eastgate Manor Nursing & Rehabilitation
- Edgewater Woods
- Elkhart Rehabilitation Center
- Fairway Village
- Forest Creek Village
- Forest Hills Commons
- Franklin Meadows
- Glenbrook Rehabilitation and Skilled Nursing Center
- Good Samaritan Home & Rehabilitative Center
- Greenwood Meadows
- Harcourt Terrace Nursing and Rehabilitation
- Harrison Terrace
- Heritage House Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center
- Heritage Park (Assisted Living & Garden Homes)
- Heritage Park (Healthcare)
- Hillcrest Village
- Lake Pointe Village
- Lowell Healthcare
- Maple Park Village
- Markle Health and Rehabilitation
- Meadow Lakes (Assisted Living & Garden Homes)
- Meadow Lakes (Healthcare)
- Meadow View Health & Rehabilitation
- Monticello Healthcare
- Mount Vernon Nursing & Rehabilitation
- North Capitol Nursing and Rehabilitation
- North Park Nursing Center
- North Woods Village
- Park Terrace Village
- Prairie Village Nursing & Rehabilitation
- Riverside Village
- Riverview Village
- Riverwalk Village
- Rosebud Village
- Rosegate (Assisted Living & Garden Homes)
- Rosegate (Healthcare)
- Rosewalk (Assisted Living)
- Rosewalk (Healthcare)
- Rosewalk Village of Lafayette
- Salem Crossing
- Seymour Crossing
- Spring Mill Meadows (Garden Homes)
- Spring Mill Meadows (Healthcare)
- Springhill Village
- Springs Valley Meadows
- Stonebrooke Rehabilitation Center
- Summit City Nursing and Rehabilitation
- Swiss Villa Nursing & Rehabilitation
- The Timbers of Jasper
- Todd-Dickey Nursing & Rehabilitation
- Trailpoint Village
- University Nursing Center
- Valparaiso Care and Rehabilitation
- Washington Healthcare Center
- Waters Edge Village
- West Bend Nursing and Rehabilitation
- Westview Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
- Williamsport Nursing & Rehabilitation (Garden Homes)
- Williamsport Nursing and Rehabilitation (Healthcare)
- Willowdale Village
- Zionsville Meadows (Assisted Living & Garden Homes)
- Zionsville Meadows (Healthcare)
The Powless Law Firm is an Indiana law firm that represents victims and families state-wide in serious cases involving nursing home neglect, medical negligence, personal injury and wrongful death. Contact us today for your free consultation at 877-769-5377. Together we can make a difference.