2021 began with the hope that the new COVID-19 vaccine being rolled out to assisted living communities and nursing homes would help control a pandemic that had caused so much illness, death, loneliness,...
5 big issues in senior living in 2016
By
Lois A. Bowers
Dec 29, 2016
Looking back on our coverage of the senior living industry and the issues that affected it in 2016, several common themes emerge. Five are detailed in this year-end review.
Philip Esformes has 20-year sentence in fraud case commuted by President Trump
By
Lois A. Bowers
Dec 23, 2020
In one of two cases with assisted living connections, President Donald Trump has commuted the sentence of Philip Esformes, the former assisted living and skilled nursing facility owner who was sentenced...
Convicted assisted living owner blasted: ‘He has no respect for the law’
By
John O'Connor
Nov 25, 2019
Philip Esformes had an expensive Thursday. That’s because the senior living operator was ordered to pay $44.2 million for his role in a $1.3 billion healthcare fraud scheme.
ALF owner in $1 billion fraud case now accused of bribery
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 13, 2017
Before an owner of dozens of Miami-area assisted living and skilled nursing facilities was accused in a $1 billion healthcare fraud scheme in July, he allegedly tried to bribe a state regulator to find...
Philip Esformes found guilty on more than 20 charges in healthcare fraud case
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 05, 2019
Philip Esformes, the owner of multiple Miami-area assisted living and skilled nursing facilities accused in 2016 of orchestrating a $1 billion healthcare fraud scheme, has been found guilty on more than...
Jury selection begins in $1 billion fraud case against assisted living owner
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 12, 2019
Jury selection began Monday for the trial of Philip Esformes, the owner of multiple Miami-area assisted living and skilled nursing facilities accused in 2016 of orchestrating a $1 billion healthcare fraud...
Federal prosecutors intend to retry Philip Esformes on healthcare fraud conspiracy
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 28, 2021
Justice Department prosecutors informed a federal court judge on Monday of their intentions to retry convicted former Florida assisted living and skilled nursing facility owner Philip Esformes on the main...
Judge tosses key evidence in $1 billion fraud case against ALF owner
By
Lois A. Bowers
Aug 15, 2018
The owner of multiple Miami-area assisted living and skilled nursing facilities, accused in 2016 of orchestrating a $1 billion healthcare fraud scheme, scored a major victory in federal court Friday when...
Philip Esformes appealing $43 million in penalties stemming from fraud conviction
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 06, 2021
Former assisted living and skilled nursing facility owner Philip Esformes may have had his 20-year prison sentence for his role in “the largest healthcare fraud scheme charged by the U.S. Justice Department”...