{"id":161,"date":"2008-07-27T08:52:49","date_gmt":"2008-07-27T08:52:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whistleblowerlawyerblog.com\/2008\/07\/nursing_home_operators_plead_g_1.html"},"modified":"2021-06-11T17:50:51","modified_gmt":"2021-06-11T21:50:51","slug":"nursing_home_operators_plead_g_1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.finchmccranie.com\/whistleblower-blog\/nursing_home_operators_plead_g_1\/","title":{"rendered":"Nursing Home Operators Plead Guilty to Medicaid Fraud and Abuse of Patients"},"content":{"rendered":"

Having lunch this week with a public servant who investigates heath care fraud, I was struck once again by his descriptions of abuses that nursing home residents too often suffer, many of which our whistleblower attorneys<\/a> had also encountered in past cases. <\/p>\n

It is damnable enough to steal federal and state taxpayer funds that are supposed to pay for care of our elderly through Medicare and Medicaid. It is another level of depravity to ignore our elder citizens’ medical needs–and even to steal from patient accounts–for personal gain.<\/p>\n

The Attorney General of Massachusetts this past week announced that two such persons–brothers who operated nursing homes–have pleaded guilty to charges based on stealing funds and neglecting nursing home patients.<\/p>\n

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