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Medicare Fraud and Medicaid Fraud <\/a>Alleged by Nurses at Nursing Homes<\/strong><\/p>\n

Two nurses disturbed by nursing home abuse and neglect of nursing home residents–who apparently were subjected to gross nursing home malpractice–are the “whistleblowers” in a nursing home False Claims Act qui tam lawsuit in Missouri, which the U.S. Attorney’s Office in St. Louis has recently announced it has joined. The whistleblower suit alleges that the nursing home operator defrauded Medicare and Medicaid by providing care that was essentially “worthless” to the nursing home patients, according to news reports.<\/p>\n

In this “quality of care” whistleblower case, the nurses alleged that many nursing home residents suffered from dehydration, weight loss, and preventable bed sores that eventually led to amputations; that nursing home staffing was cut to unacceptable levels to save money; and that other nurses misused patients’ medicines, which were not locked securely, according to reports.<\/p>\n

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Medicare Fraud and Medicaid Fraud Alleged by Nurses at Nursing Homes Two nurses disturbed by nursing home abuse and neglect of nursing home residents–who apparently were subjected to gross nursing home malpractice–are the “whistleblowers” in a nursing home False Claims Act qui tam lawsuit in Missouri, which the U.S. Attorney’s Office in St. Louis has […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,6,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-73","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-false-claims-act","category-health-care-fraud","category-medicare-and-medicaid-fraud"],"yoast_head":"\nNursing Home Abuse and Fraud Exposed by Nurses in Qui Tam Whistleblower Case — Whistleblower Lawyer Blog — June 24, 2007<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Medicare Fraud and Medicaid Fraud Alleged by Nurses at Nursing 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