Nursing homes

United States Files False Claims Act Suit Against California Mortgage Lender Capmark Finance

June 9, 2009 -- WASHINGTON – The Department of Justice filed suit today against California mortgage lender Capmark Finance Inc., charging that Capmark violated the False Claims Act by making false statements on applications for federal mortgage insurance covering residential nursing homes.

The lawsuit, filed in United States District Court in Los Angeles, relates to a federal program under which the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) guarantees mortgage loans used to acquire healthcare facilities such as hospitals and nursing homes.    » read more »

March 3, 2009 -- Washington, D.C. - Nursing home residents, beds, and occupancy rates have remained nearly constant in the last five years, even though the older population has increased, according to Across the States 2009, Profiles of Long-Term Care and Independent Living, a new state-by-state report from the AARP Public Policy Institute.

Specifically, the report finds that spending for long-term care services is not a primary force behind escalating Medicaid costs. The report shows that on average, Medicaid funds spent on home and community-based services (HCBS) can serve three older people or adults with disabilities for each resident in a nursing home.    » read more »

Identify Failing Nursing Homes; 128 Nursing Homes are Currently Under Review for Poor Performance

December 12, 2007 -- WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Barack Obama (D-IL), Tom Harkin (D-IA), Edward Kennedy (D-MA), and Dick Durbin (D-IL) today sent the following letter to Secretary of Health and Human Services Michael Leavitt, calling on him to immediately release a list of 128 nursing homes that are being scrutinized for providing poor care.    » read more »

Obama will pursue legislative action, restrict HHS funding if list not provided within one week

December 6, 2007 -- WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) today called on Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Michael Leavitt to release the list of the 128 “special focus facilities,” the list of worst performing nursing homes in the country.    » read more »

November 20, 2007 -- Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal today is filing a motion in federal bankruptcy court seeking to appoint a Chapter 11 trustee to take over Haven Eldercare, LLC and its 44 entities, including 15 Connecticut nursing homes after the financially failed corporation filed for bankruptcy today.    » read more »

October 30, 2007 -- New Hampshire Attorney General Kelly A. Ayotte has announced that Sylenda Mitchell, age 58, of Center Conway, New Hampshire has been sentenced by a Carroll County Superior Court judge to serve nine months in jail following her guilty pleas to five felony counts of illegally possessing narcotics. The pain medications were prescribed for several nursing home residents at a North Conway facility. The defendant diverted the narcotics while working at the facility between December of 2006 and January of 2007.    » read more »

October 11, 2007 -- The Michigan Office of Services to the Aging (OSA) has been awarded a grant by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to provide more choices for high risk individuals before they enter a nursing home.    » read more »