The nation’s largest labor representative of nursing home caregivers filed a brief opposing the lawsuit against the federal staffing mandate for nursing homes, arguing that the new requirements will help address the national shortage of staff at facilities. The Service Employees International Union (SEIU) represents over 150,000 nursing home workers in 23 states. Last year, […]
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Aubrey B. Preston will serve as the sole conservator for his father, Life Care Centers of America CEO and founder Forrest Preston, following a swift court decision Tuesday morning. The trial in Bradley County Chancery Court was a short hearing, lasting about 30 minutes, according to sources present. And following statements from attorneys of various […]
Ahead of this week’s hearing to allow Aubrey B. Preston to serve as a permanent conservator for his father – Life Care Centers of America’s CEO and founder Forrest Preston – the younger Preston stated that his father’s cognitive state is not conducive to running the nursing home giant. The neurological reports, currently under seal, […]
Nineteen nursing homes in Massachusetts and Connecticut have been named in a joint complaint alleging systematic fraudulent billing of Medicare and Medicaid for unnecessary care. The facilities, along with present and former management companies RegalCare Management Group, RegalCare Management 2.0, owner Eliyahu Mirlis and executive Hector Caraballo, and therapy company Stern Therapy Consultants were involved […]
A lawsuit against UnitedHealth Group over its wrongful denials of post-acute care under Medicare Advantage plans, including nursing home services, advanced following a court ruling on Thursday. The lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota claims that UnitedHealth’s use of an AI tool called nH Predict led to arbitrary coverage […]
Nonprofit operator Lutheran Life Communities is filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy as it seeks to reorganize its operations and financial holdings. The organization is a major nursing home provider in the Chicago metropolitan area, with the Lutheran Home in Arlington Heights offering more than 380 beds, according to the 2024 LZ 200 rankings of nonprofit […]
In the aftermath of the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) response to a pending lawsuit against the federal minimum staffing mandate, nursing home sector experts are stressing that legally defeating the mandate – and effectively canceling it – remains crucial. “The section [in HHS’s response] relating to the limitation on the relief is […]
Ninety-two nursing homes have filed a federal lawsuit against the New York State Department of Health (DOH), as the agency approved no reimbursement for older facilities needing capital improvements in 2025. This is an addendum to the state’s 10% reduction for the industry approved in April. The cost-cutting amendment adopted by the state DOH and […]
The American Health Care Association, LeadingAge and other nursing home stakeholders involved in the lawsuit against the federal minimum staffing mandate filed their final argument against the rule late on Friday, asking a federal judge to deny the federal agency’s cross-motion for summary judgement. Given that a judgement is expected early in the new year, […]
It’s no surprise that the Biden administration’s minimum staffing mandate was the source of Skilled Nursing News’ most-read story of 2024. From the proposal stage to its final form, our stories on the staffing mandate covered all aspects of its requirements as well as the legal and legislative challenges against it. Our stories about the […]
Nursing home operator American Senior Communities’ former CEO James Burkhart was among nearly 1,500 people whose sentences were commuted as part of the largest single-day act of clemency in modern history by President Joe Biden, who also issued 39 pardons on the same day. Burkhart led a $19.4 million fraud scheme involving nursing homes owned […]
The nursing home industry has been on a wild ride this past year, with major regulation up in the air and a flip in the White House leaving operators unsure of whether they should applaud or brace for impact. Rhetoric surrounding the federal minimum staffing mandate has changed drastically throughout the year, with leaders condemning […]
For-profit nursing home South Jersey Extended Care (SJEC), has been removed from the Medicaid program, after a trio of owners were found to have defrauded the state program out of millions of dollars. All the while, patient care deteriorated and the facility had a one-star rating for a number of years. SJEC demonstrated a pattern […]
Luigi Mangione, the 26-year-old suspect in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, has family connections to the skilled nursing and senior living sector. Mangione’s grandfather – Nick Mangione Sr. – founded Lorien Health Services, according to multiple news reports published Monday after the suspect was taken into custody. Lorien is not commenting at this […]
In the litigation against the federal nursing home staffing mandate, in which state attorneys general from 20 states are seeking a temporary halt, a federal judge heard oral arguments from both the government and the states on Thursday. The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) urged the federal judge to deny the injunctive relief requested by […]
In the latest development related to litigation against the federal nursing home staffing mandate, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is urging a federal judge to deny the injunctive relief requested by 21 state attorneys general and several providers. The DOJ on Nov. 21 filed a memo with the U.S. District Court for the Northern […]
Aubrey B. Preston has been granted the role of emergency conservator for Forrest Preston, CEO of Tennessee-based nursing home giant Life Care Centers of America. Bradley County Chancery Court Chancellor Jerri Bryant ruled in favor of the conservatorship, which will last 60 days. Aubrey Preston is authorized during this period to take “any and all […]
Joseph Schwartz, the former head of Skyline Healthcare, is again pleading guilty to his involvement in a $38 million employment tax fraud scheme affecting nursing homes across the United States, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced. Schwartz, who once oversaw a vast network of 95 nursing facilities across 11 states, had previously pleaded guilty in […]
New York nursing home operator Centers Health Care must pay $45 million to settle civil charges related to Medicaid fraud, patient neglect and mistreatment. The office of New York Attorney General Letitia James filed a civil lawsuit against owners Kenneth Rozenberg and Daryl Hagler in 2023 alleging fraud and neglect incidents across several facilities, and […]
An emergency petition on Tuesday was filed to expedite the conservatorship action brought by the son of Life Care Centers of America CEO Forrest Preston, as other executive members cited year-end obligations. Preston’s son, Aubrey B. Preston, should be appointed as his conservator on an emergency basis, executives said, due to the critical and time-sensitive […]
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