tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2004 Issue 37

Enforcement Watch: Cutting Corners On Care Costs More Than You Think

Million-dollar settlement brands 13 nursing homes with charges of mistreatment.Even if a budget crunch makes long-overdue improvements seem more like luxuries than necessities, providers should consider the price tag that prosecutors can slap you with for failing to uphold quality standards.Franklin, TN-based Advocat, Inc. will be forking over $1.3 million to fill that order. The company is paying up because of allegations that it provided poor quality of care at 13 of its Arkansas nursing homes, where it was known as Diversicare Management Services.Arkansas Attorney General Mike Beebe said Sept. 13 that as part of...

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