DOJ accused of ‘flirting with dangerous clemency precedent’ in Philip Esformes case … Argentum’s new mentoring program aims to move more women from frontlines to senior, exec spots … CMS releases...
Big senior living stories of 2021
By
Lois A. Bowers
Dec 22, 2021
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,...
$50 million bond set in Philip Esformes’ healthcare fraud conspiracy retrial
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 18, 2021
A federal judge has set a $50 million surety bond for former Florida assisted living community and skilled nursing facility owner Philip Esformes, who is awaiting retrial on healthcare fraud conspiracy...
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...
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”...
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...
Operators, workers should be protected from COVID-19 lawsuits, association says
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 13, 2020
Assisted living communities and skilled nursing facilities, and the people who work for them, should be “protected from liability” for treating anyone with COVID-19 during the current pandemic, the...
Big senior living stories of 2019
By
Lois A. Bowers
Dec 23, 2019
Here’s a look at some of the news that occupied many minds in senior living over the past year.
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.
Philip Esformes sentenced to 20 years in prison in healthcare fraud case
By
Lois A. Bowers
Sep 12, 2019
Former Florida assisted living and skilled nursing facility owner Philip Esformes has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for his role in a case that the federal government continues to describe as “the...