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:

1. Allisonville Meadows (Assisted Living)
2. Allisonville Meadows (Healthcare)
3. American Village (Garden Homes, Independent Apartments, and Assisted Living)
4. American Village (Healthcare)
5. Arbor Grove Village
6. Aster Place
7. Autumn Ridge Rehabilitation Centre
8. Avalon Village (Garden Homes)
9. Avalon Village (Healthcare)
10. Beech Grove Meadows (Assisted Living & Garden Homes)
11. Beech Grove Meadows (Healthcare)
12. Ben Hur Health and Rehabilitation
13. Bethany Village (Assisted Living)
14. Bethany Village (Healthcare)
15. Bethlehem Woods Nursing & Rehabilitation
16. Betz Nursing Home
17. Brownsburg Meadows (Garden Homes, Assisted Living & Memory Care)
18. Brownsburg Meadows (Healthcare)
19. Canterbury Nursing & Rehabilitation Center
20. Cardinal Nursing & Rehabilitation
21. Clark Rehabilitation and Skilled Nursing Center
22. Clinton Gardens
23. Columbia Healthcare Center
24. Community Nursing & Rehabilitation
25. Countryside Meadows
26. Coventry Meadows (Assisted Living, Memory Care & Garden Homes)
27. Coventry Meadows (Healthcare)
28. Creekside Village
29. Cypress Grove Rehabilitation Center
30. Danville Regional Rehabilitation
31. Eagle Valley Meadows
32. East Lake Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
33. Eastgate Manor Nursing & Rehabilitation
34. Edgewater Woods
35. Elkhart Rehabilitation Center
36. Fairway Village
37. Forest Creek Village
38. Forest Hills Commons
39. Franklin Meadows
40. Glenbrook Rehabilitation and Skilled Nursing Center
41. Good Samaritan Home & Rehabilitative Center
42. Greenwood Meadows
43. Harcourt Terrace Nursing and Rehabilitation
44. Harrison Terrace
45. Heritage House Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center
46. Heritage Park (Assisted Living & Garden Homes)
47. Heritage Park (Healthcare)
48. Hillcrest Village
49. Lake Pointe Village
50. Lowell Healthcare
51. Maple Park Village
52. Markle Health and Rehabilitation
53. Meadow Lakes (Assisted Living & Garden Homes)
54. Meadow Lakes (Healthcare)
55. Meadow View Health & Rehabilitation
56. Monticello Healthcare
57. Mount Vernon Nursing & Rehabilitation
58. North Capitol Nursing and Rehabilitation
59. North Park Nursing Center
60. North Woods Village
61. Park Terrace Village
62. Prairie Village Nursing & Rehabilitation
63. Riverside Village
64. Riverview Village
65. Riverwalk Village
66. Rosebud Village
67. Rosegate (Assisted Living & Garden Homes)
68. Rosegate (Healthcare)
69. Rosewalk (Assisted Living)
70. Rosewalk (Healthcare)
71. Rosewalk Village of Lafayette
72. Salem Crossing
73. Seymour Crossing
74. Spring Mill Meadows (Garden Homes)
75. Spring Mill Meadows (Healthcare)
76. Springhill Village
77. Springs Valley Meadows
78. Stonebrooke Rehabilitation Center
79. Summit City Nursing and Rehabilitation
80. Swiss Villa Nursing & Rehabilitation
81. The Timbers of Jasper
82. Todd-Dickey Nursing & Rehabilitation
83. Trailpoint Village
84. University Nursing Center
85. Valparaiso Care and Rehabilitation
86. Washington Healthcare Center
87. Waters Edge Village
88. West Bend Nursing and Rehabilitation
89. Westview Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
90. Williamsport Nursing & Rehabilitation (Garden Homes)
91. Williamsport Nursing and Rehabilitation (Healthcare)
92. Willowdale Village
93. Zionsville Meadows (Assisted Living & Garden Homes)
94. 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.