Long-term care providers among 193 criminally charged, $2.75 billion in fraud recoveries so far in 2024
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 01, 2024
The Justice Department has recovered more than $2.75 billion in false claims against healthcare providers and charged 193 defendants so far this year in criminal cases through its 2024 National Health...
Ignite Medical Resorts breaks ground on its first new construction since 2020
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 25, 2024
Chicago-based Ignite Medical Resorts broke ground Thursday on a new skilled nursing facility in Batavia, IL. The company’s first new construction project since 2020 comes at a time when financing and...
SNFs face ‘increased and increasingly hostile’ government scrutiny, attorneys say
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 06, 2024
The increased scrutiny facing nursing home providers since the COVID-19 pandemic includes “overall increased and increasingly sort of hostile approach by surveyors in the quality-of-care area,” according...