Nursing home operator Philip Esformes – convicted of one of the biggest Medicare frauds in history and whose 20-year sentence was commuted by President Donald Trump – was denied an appeal hearing by the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday to throw out his conviction altogether. While Trump commuted Esformes’ prison sentence in December 2020, he […]
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A case that could determine whether state-owned nursing homes are shielded from federal lawsuits filed by residents will be heard by the nation’s top court in just a few weeks despite calls from activists and lawmakers to dismiss the case entirely. While members of Health & Hospital Corp. of Marion County, the county’s public health […]