Nursing Home Loses Federal Funding After Resident Wanders Out of Emergency Exit

Deficiencies and Lawsuits
Brian Center Defunded by Medicare for Resident Escape

The Brian Center Health and Rehabilitation nursing home has lost its ability to collect reimbursement from Medicare and Medicaid due to multiple incidents involving resident elopement, according to a Salisbury Post article. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid terminated government payments to the facility because a demented resident was allowed to exit the nursing home...

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$5 Million Whistleblower Qui Tam Nursing Home Settlement

Elder Abuse
Nursing Home Billing Fraud Whistleblower Case

Health Service Management Inc. has agreed to a $5,000,000 settlement with the US government in a nursing home whistleblower lawsuit. $1 million is being awarded to the brave nursing home employee who exposed the problems inside the facility. HSM settled the case involving allegations that the nursing home billed Medicare and Medicaid for worthless and...

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Florida Assisted Living Owner Sentenced to 33 Months for Stealing From Residents

Assisted Living Facility Negligence
FL Medicare Fraud in Assisted Living Facility

Yet Another Florida Facility Owner Convicted of Medicare & Medicaid Fraud Ilfrenise Charlemagne was the owner and operator of Hilcrest Residential Assisted Living Facility in St. Pete. She will now reside in a Florida penitentiary due to repeated instances of stealing resident funds to pay for her personal lifestyle expenses. The Assisted Living Medicare and...

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