tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2005 Issue 14

ENFORCEMENT: Quality-Of-Care Lapses Cost Wisconsin Home

Relaxed staffing requirements lead to record settlement.A resident's death can put a nursing home in the hot seat if investigators find the facility has let staffing requirements slide.Milwaukee, WI-based Lakeside Nursing and Rehabilitation, formerly operated by Extendicare Homes, Inc., is in just such a hot seat. Numerous violations there led to the death of an elderly resident, according to Wisconsin Attorney General Peg Lautenschlager.Prosecutors say Extendicare has now agreed to pay $2.3 million - the largest settlement ever won by the state's Medicaid Fraud Control Unit.The Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services launched...

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