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Potential Medicaid Scam in New York A case is currently underway in New York regarding a potential Medicaid scam that required New Yorkers to divulge their personal Medicaid information under the pretense of securing affordable housing. The People of the State of New York v. Leslie Montgomery, Healthy Living, Inc.  was initiated by Attorney General...

Malpractice and Home Health Workers & Private Aides Long-term care for elderly folks can be rife with abuse and negligence. Nursing home abuse is generally well known. However, in recent years, the number of cases involving abuse and neglect have shifted; where the majority were primarily centralized around nursing homes, more and more cases are...

Criminal Charges Filed in COVID-19 Nursing Home Case in Veterans Home In late September 2020, two leading administrators at a veterans’ nursing home in Massachusetts were criminally charged with negligence due to their handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. This marks the nation’s first criminal case against nursing homes related to the outbreak of the virus....

Special Focus Facility (SFF) Program Keeps Nursing Homes Under Close Watch State agencies like the Agency for Health Care Administration and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) inspect nursing homes to find out if they are proving the quality of care that is required in order to safeguard and increase residents’ health and...

Grand Manor Nursing & Rehabilitation Center is a large 240-bed nursing home located at 700 White Plains Road, Bronx, NY 10473. Unfortunately, the facility has received very low ratings from the New York State Department of Health; it has received an overall rating of one star out of five stars. It has also received a...

Concern Over COVID-19 Outbreak at Greystone Healthcare Facilities Greystone Healthcare operates over 40 care centers in the United States and many of these facilities have recently been tied to large outbreaks of COVID-19. A recent Intercept article, describes Greystone as the “epicenter of COVID-19 deaths.” Federal data suggests that 132 Greystone residents died because of...

Lawsuits, Deficiencies and Citations at The Residence at Timber Pines The Residence at Timber Pines is a 255-bed assisted living facility. The facility has been owned by Millennium Ventures Limited Partnership, LLP since June 2000 and, like most assisted living facilities, promises to provide varying levels of care so that residents can “transition from independent...

The Landing of Lake Worth – Legal Analysis The Landing of Lake Worth is a for-profit nursing home is owned/licensed to Columbia/Wegman Lake Worth LLC and has been managed by Leisure Care, LLC since January 2018. Leisure Care is a large senior living corporation based out of Seattle, Washington. The Landing at Lake Worth facility...

As of September 1, 2020, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has issued Emergency Order 20-009 which permits family visitation at skilled nursing facilities and assisted living facilities. Prior to this order, family visits at Florida nursing homes were expressly banned. Now that Florida’s Division of Emergency Management has lifted the nursing home visitation ban, families should...

Major Nursing Home Players Identified in 2020 Report In a recent report titled “U.S. Skilled Nursing Facility Market Size, Revenue, Growth, Trend & Forecast Analysis, 2020 – 2027, By Ownership”, Reports Globe did a deep dive into America’s most profitable nursing home corporations. Some of these mega-corporations are expected to grow exponentially over the next...