Civil Litigation
Mar. 3, 2021
LA settles with nursing home in ‘patient dumping’ case
As alleged in the complaint, a skilled nursing home receives the highest reimbursement rates from Medicare-covered residents who test positive for COVID-19, with Medicare paying up to an additional $600 a day for COVID-19-positive residents. Medicare reimbursement rates decrease the longer a resident stays at the facility, resulting in the facility receiving less money from the federal government for the patient’s care.
A nursing home accused of illegally dumping residents to make room for more lucrative COVID-19 patients was ordered in a settlement with the Los Angeles city attorney to nearly double its nursing staff, allow increased oversight and pay $275,000 in penalties and costs.
This is the second time City Attorney Mike Feuer sued Lakeview Terrace Skilled Nursing Facility over the practice dubbed "patient dumping." Despite being enjoined two...
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