Prisons saw fewer staffing problems than nursing homes did during pandemic: report
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Jessica R. Towhey
Sep 25, 2023
Fewer facilities run by the US Bureau of Prisons experienced staffing shortages during the pandemic than nursing homes, according to a new federal report.
This group has a lock on aging in place
By
Kimberly Marselas
May 04, 2022
There’s one rapidly aging in place population that not many pundits are thinking of in their equations. And it’s growing explosively.
Overflow crowd sees former American Senior Communities CEO get 9½ years for $19 million fraud, kickback...
By
James M. Berklan
Jul 02, 2018
A U.S. District Court judge leaned closer to prosecuting attorneys’ recommendations than defense attorneys’ on Friday and sentenced former nursing home executive James Burkhart to 9½-years...
Podiatrists face up to 10 years in prison for LTC fraud
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Dec 05, 2017
Two Florida podiatrists pleaded guilty last week to allegations that they defrauded Medicare while providing services to long-term care residents.
Nursing home CEO who spent Medicaid funds at strip clubs sentenced to prison
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Oct 11, 2017
The former CEO of a shuttered Missouri skilled nursing facility has been sentenced to more than three years in prison for embezzling $667,000 in Medicaid funds and using it for personal expenses including...
SNF nurse impostor sentenced to 14 months, $34,000 in restitution
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Oct 05, 2017
A 43-year-old Texas woman has been sentenced to prison time after she lied about her credentials and posed as a nurse at five different healthcare facilities, authorities announced on Tuesday.
Emerging state approach to long-term care gives ‘criminal intent’ a whole new meaning
By
John O'Connor
Jun 09, 2014
States are beginning to consider a bizarre new long-term care strategy that has many providers rightfully concerned.
SNF that kept prison inmates constituted ‘immediate jeopardy’ for residents, state says
By
Elizabeth Newman
Jan 02, 2013
An Oklahoma nursing home was slapped with $168,000 in fines after taking in jailed inmates following a prison riot.
Nursing home owner sentenced to years in prison, fined $5.8 million for payroll tax evasion
Mar 08, 2011
A Kansas-based nursing home proprietor is set to spend the next three-and-a-half years in jail after admitting to evading payroll taxes from 2001 to 2005.