Nursing home busted, fined for ‘dumping’ residents in street to take in more profitable COVID patien

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Nursing home busted, fined for ‘dumping’ residents in street to take in more profitable COVID patients
March 3, 2021 | Jon Dougherty

A Los Angeles nursing home that “dumped” residents into lesser-equipped facilities or onto streets so it could take in more lucrative COVID-19 patients will pay $275,000 in fines, double its staff, and allow more oversight following a lawsuit filed by the L.A. attorney’s office.

The legal agreement was announced by City Attorney Mike Feuer on Monday with the Lakeview Terrace care facility, the Los Angeles Times reported, amid accusations administrators engaged in “sustained” and “intentional” misconduct in failing to properly care for patients while pushing others out altogether.

In the suit, the city alleged that the 99-bed facility was incentivized by higher reimbursement payments from Medicare to take in as many COVID-19 patients as possible by discharging long-term care residents.

“This victory for these patients is all the more important given COVID-19’s devastating impact on nursing home residents in L.A. and across the nation,” said Feuer in making the announcement.

He went on to say he believed the settlement will result in “dramatic improvements in patient care, new COVID-related protections [and] improved oversight when patients are discharged.”

Among other alleged violations, the lawsuit, filed in July, charged that nursing staff at Lakeview did not give medications to chronically ill patients but falsely reported that they had.

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https://www.bizpacreview.com/2021/03/03/nursing-home-busted-fined-for-dumping-residents-in-street-to-take-in-more-profitable-covid-patients-1037664/

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Chump change

[GtHawk]

At the very least there should be a court appointed administrator, at best the owners should be required to divest and never be able to own any facilities that care for humans............or animals.