Six skilled nursing entities — spanning operations, management, and rehabilitation — this week filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy after the reinstatement of a multimillion False Claims Act (FCA) judgement against them last year. The entities themselves are part of a group of corporate affiliates of major nursing home operator Consulate Health Care, but the bankruptcy […]
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Management at Conway Lakes Health & Rehabilitation in Orlando this week struck back at the federal government’s claims of malfeasance, days after regulators announced a $1.5 million settlement deal to resolve allegations of illegal kickbacks. The Department of Justice accused Clear Choice Health Care, the operator of Conway Lakes, and its employees of giving improper […]
A federal judge last week threw out a $350 million False Claims Act judgment against a Florida nursing home provider, writing that its occasionally inaccurate record-keeping didn’t amount to deliberate fraud. In a fiery ruling, U.S. District Judge Steven D. Merryday wrote that the claims brought by a whistleblower against Salus Rehabilitation, LLC — namely […]
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