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Nursing Homes

Watch List: United Medical Nursing Home

Thank you for visiting my website. Anyone who is considering the admission of a loved one into a Nursing Home should undertake a review of surveys or other data that will provide a snapshot of some of the issues or problems that the facility has experienced. I have collected Freedom of Information responses for this facility, … Read more →

Watch List: Cherrydale Health and Rehabilitation Center

Thank you for visiting my website. Anyone who is considering the admission of a loved one into a nursing home should undertake a review of surveys or other data that will provide a snapshot of some of the issues or problems that the facility has experienced. I have collected Freedom of Information responses for this … Read more →

DOJ’s Dismissal of the HCR ManorCare Fraud case demonstrates an underlying policy shift in the current Administration’s “fight” against Medicare Fraud

Press Release: United States, ex rel. Christine Ribik v. HCR ManorCare Inc., (E.D. Virginia)November 21, 2017The Law Office of Jeffrey J. Downey, McLean Virginia. “On November 8, 2017 the Department of Justice signaled its surrender in one of the largest False Claims Act cases ever filed against a nursing home chain for Medicare Fraud,” explains … Read more →

Limiting Liability Through Corporate Restructuring

Article Review, the Law Office of Jeffrey J. Downey. The attached article provides some important insights into how the nursing home industry protects their assets by creating complex corporate structures. Various large nursing home chains like HCR ManorCare and others have followed the recommendations outlined in this article written over a decade ago. They have … Read more →

Assisted Living Regulations Set to Change in Virginia

Unlike nursing homes, Assisted Living facilities are governed by state regulations, which tend to vary from state to state.  New regulations governing assisted living facilities are expected to be passed in Virginia this year.  The Virginia Board of Social Services has been working on an overhaul of the regulations which are almost final. The proposed … Read more →

The U.S. Government Just Made it Easier to Sue Nursing Homes

On September 28, 2016, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, an agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, issued a new rule barring any nursing home that receives federal funding from compelling its residents to resolve any disputes with the nursing home via arbitration rather than in court.  The new rule … Read more →

Judge Limits ManorCare’s Defenses in False Claims Act Case

In April 2015, the federal government announced that it was intervening in a False Claims Act case against HCR ManorCare and other related companies for allegedly committing Medicare fraud in the provision of rehabilitation services.  The case is currently pending in the Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. On September 8, 2015, … Read more →