California Nursing Home Chain Agrees To Pay Up to $15.5M Amid Physical, Sexual Assault Allegations

Following allegations of physical and sexual assaults, and neglect of patient medical care, California operator Mariner Health Care has agreed to pay up to $15.5 million in penalties, plus $2.25 million in costs, if unable to abide by terms related to patient safety and staffing levels. Mariner Health Care neither admitted to nor denied wrongdoing, […]

19 Mariner Health SNFs Hit with Injunction Over Staffing, Discharge Allegations 

California operator Mariner Health Care Inc. was issued a preliminary injunction on Friday for 19 of its buildings, for allegedly violating federal and state laws over a five-year period. Mariner was understaffing its facilities and subjecting patients to negligent care, according to allegations filed by Rob Bonta, state Attorney General and District Attorneys of Alameda, […]