The United States of America and ReNew Health Group LLC have settled a nursing home whistleblower claim involving allegations that the nursing home chain submitted false Medicare claims. In a landmark settlement, Renew Health has agreed to pay over $7 million to resolve claims under the False Claims Act (FCA) for knowingly submitting false Medicare...
Drain of Funds: How Private Equity Siphons Money Out of Nursing Homes
Private Equity Prioritizes Profits Ahead of People Nursing homes house our society’s most vulnerable members. Much of the payment for skilled nursing home resident care comes from the government, in the form of tax payer Medicare and Medicaid dollars. However, the government does not closely scrutinize how this taxpayer money is spent. Concerns have been...
Nursing Homes Threaten Illegal Lawsuits Against Family Members to Collect Debt
We are in the midst of a medical debt crisis, and it is disproportionally impacting older Americans. Medical bills are the leading cause of personal bankruptcies. Thousands of people nationwide struggle to pay for the medical care they need to keep themselves and their loved ones in good health. When we receive an official bill...
Sava Senior Care Pays $11 Million to Resolve Fraudulent Medicare Claims
Sava Senior Care Alleged to Provide Sub-Par Staffing and Billing for Unnecessary Services The Nursing Home Giant Has Settled a Case Brought by the Federal Government for $11.2M, Alleging Sava Nursing Homes Submitted False Claims to Increase Medicare Revenues SavaSeniorCare LLC, a skilled nursing facility operator in Georgia, has agreed to pay more than 11...
Genesis Nursing Home CEO Takes $5M Bonus in the Wake of Widespread Death
Genesis Healthcare CEO George Hager Jr. has requested, and taken, a $5.2 million “retention payment” bonus following a particularly deadly 2020 for the nursing home chain. Hager presides over Genesis nursing homes, a corporation allegedly on the brink of bankruptcy that has suffered 1,500 COVID-19 deaths. Since drawing more than $5 million from the company,...
Investigation Unveils Broken Nursing Home System in Indiana
Indianapolis Area Nursing Homes are in Unprecedented Trouble The Indianapolis Star, a local media agency, conducted an 18-month investigation into the state of Indiana’s nursing home administration—and the results have uncovered widespread fraud, understaffing, and inefficient operation that is having catastrophic effects on the residents who call these facilities home. While Indiana’s overall focus on...
Dementia Patient Alleges $750,000 Stolen by Lincoln Park Nursing Home
Nursing Home Residents Easy Targets for Theft Cook County Public Guardian Charles Golbert continues to advocate on the behalf of Grace Watanabe, age 99, regarding a lawsuit filed against Symphony Residences of Lincoln Park for their failure to report theft of Watanabe’s money to the proper authorities. The suit alleges that several employees of the...
Medicaid Fraud Exposed in the Bronx, New York
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...
Major Nursing Home Players Identified in 2020 Report
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...
$257 Million Medicare Fraud Perpetrated by California Doctors and Medical Professionals
California Medicare Fraud The US Department of Justice has put an end to an estimated $257,000,000 Medicare fraud. The taxpayer graft was allegedly completed by doctors and other medical professionals, mainly on the west coast of the US. Twenty six medical personnel were charged criminally. Thirty four individuals in total were charged in the Medicare...
