Indiana Nursing Home Corporation, American Senior Communities, to Pay $5.5 Million in Medicare Fraud Settlement
Indiana’s largest nursing home operator was found to be engaged in Medicare fraud. According to the Indianapolis Star, American Senior Communities (ASC) has agreed to pay $5.5 million in a...
Senior Assisted Living Center in Washington County Forced to Close After Owner Pleads Guilty of Deception
News outlets have reported that the owner of a senior assisted living center in Washington County has pleaded guilty of deception and must serve time on probation. According to the...
Greed, Understaffing, Lies, and the Nursing Home Industry
Recent news accounts have served as stark reminders for nursing home patients, families of patients, and everyone else that the nursing home industry is corrupted by a culture which brazenly...
Complaint Filed Against Kokomo Nursing Home After Patient Dies From Traumatic Head Injury
The family of an Indiana man who died after being admitted to a Kokomo nursing home has filed a “proposed complaint” with the Indiana Department of Insurance (IDOI) alleging nursing...
Why Bother Suing Bad Nursing Homes?
As lawyers who represent patients and families devastated by nursing home neglect and abuse, we are sometimes asked: “Why bother suing nursing homes? … Their patients are already old and sick. It’s not as...
POLICE INVESTIGATING MASSIVE IDENTITY THEFT RING CENTERING AROUND GREENFIELD NURSING HOME
According to news reports, the Greenfield and Indianapolis police departments are involved in the investigation of a massive identity theft ring which apparently has Golden Living Nursing Home in Greenfield...
Study Shows Most Nursing Homes Lie To Consumers About Nursing Staff Levels
For several years now families faced with making a decision on finding a nursing home for their loved one in need of skilled care have used the CMS’ Nursing Home...
Indiana Nurse Arrested on Nursing Home Theft Charges
As reported by Stacy Page Online and the South Bend Tribune, a nurse at an Indiana nursing home was arrested for allegedly stealing from the nursing home’s patients. The...
INSPECTOR GENERAL REPORT: NURSING HOME INDUSTRY CHEATS TAXPAYERS OUT OF $1.5 BILLION… IN JUST ONE YEAR
If you pay taxes, you should take note of a recently released report by the the U.S. Inspector General about the improper Medicare billing practices by U.S. nursing homes....
Kindred Healthcare, Inc. and RehabCare Group, Inc. Sued In Connection with Nursing Home Medicare Fraud Investigation
While we would like to think that health care corporations would at all times act in their patients’ best interests, the reality is that all too often their business practices...