$83M fraud case against nursing home group may proceed, with no defendants excused
08/30/24 at 03:00 AM
$83M fraud case against nursing home group may proceed, with no defendants excused
McKnight's Long-Term Care News; by Jessica R. Towhey; 8/27/24
A New York Supreme Court judge threw out all arguments from lawyers for an embattled group of nursing homes that sought to have charges dismissed in a case accusing the owners and operators of $83 million in Medicare and Medicaid fraud. Judge Melissa Crane ruled that the owners of Centers Health Care, along with numerous other individuals, did not make sufficient arguments for dropping charges of fraud, “saddling” nursing homes with “excessive debts,” colluding to pay “sham vendors,” and paying themselves “inflated” salaries.