Consulate Healthcare CEO: We’re ‘growing our own’ to rebuild the brand
By
Kimberly Marselas
Mar 19, 2024
After virtually exiting Florida, where it dominated the skilled nursing landscape before a series of regulatory and legal challenges, Consulate Healthcare is repositioning itself as a quality provider...
Ashley Winkle named COO of Consulate Health Care
By
Kimberly Marselas
Mar 04, 2024
Consulate Health Care has appointed Ashley Winkle its new chief operating officer.
Consulate hit by Hive cyberattack, threatened with patient, staff data exposure
By
Jessica R. Towhey
Jan 13, 2023
Hackers have hit a major nursing home chain, potentially exposing a significant amount of patient and staff data in a brazen extortion attempt.
House report attacks, nursing homes fight back over allegations of deficient staffing, care and safe...
By
James M. Berklan
Sep 22, 2022
Congressional investigators pinned for-profit skilled nursing operators into a corner Wednesday, releasing a scathing report describing “dire” conditions caused by alleged lack of preparation and mismanagement...
Also in the News for Tuesday, July 12
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jul 12, 2022
HHS promotes new tool to move patients from institutional to home-based care … Hits, unfortunately, keep on coming for company that was once Florida’s largest nursing home operator … More expensive...
Approved: Consulate Health Care to pay just $4.5 million of $258 million judgment in inherited upcoding...
By
Danielle Brown
Sep 30, 2021
A U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Delaware has approved a settlement between Florida-based nursing home chain Consulate Health Care and the Department of Justice that reduced a $258 million judgment against the...
Consulate Health Care could pay just $4.5 million after reduced $258 million judgment in therapy upcoding...
By
Danielle Brown
Sep 15, 2021
Florida-based nursing home chain Consulate Health Care has reached a tentative settlement with the Department of Justice after six of its affiliated nursing homes filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy following...
Consulate COO: Here’s why I’m ‘OK with’ embracing home health as a full partner
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jul 28, 2021
The new chief operations officer of one of the nation’s largest nursing home chains is ready to throw the doors open to home health providers, citing collaboration as the best way to succeed and drive...
Six nursing home entities file for bankruptcy following $258M FCA ruling
By
Danielle Brown
Mar 04, 2021
Six affiliated nursing home businesses of Consulate Health Care have filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in response to a $258 million judgment in a False Claims Act case against the operator.
Court reinstates part of $348M verdict against provider in whistleblower case
By
Danielle Brown
Jun 30, 2020
A portion of a $347.9 million verdict against a nursing home provider was reinstated late last week by a federal appeals court in an ongoing False Claims Act case.