Below please find a brief summary of various enforcement actions taken against New York nursing home personnel from 12/15/11 to 3/15/12 by the NYS Office of the Medicaid Inspector General. Last December two Registered Nurses at Glen Island Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation in New Rochelle, NY were indicted by the Medicaid Fraud Unit. Marlon […]
Falsifying Records
New York Nursing Home Attorney Report: Beth Abraham Aide Convicted After Falsifying Records
A nurse’s aide at Beth Abraham Health Services Facility in the Bronx, NY named Vicky Williams, Bronx was recently convicted after prosecution by the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit. Ms. Williams reportedly falsified records indicating that she performed hourly visual checks necessary to ensure the safety of a wheelchair-dependent resident. Due to his underlying mental and […]
New York Nursing Home Attorney Report: Bronx Nursing Home Cited For Falsification of Records
Split Rock Rehabilitation and Health Care Center, a nursing home located in the Bronx, was cited in a 2010 Department of Health Deficiency Survey for failing to accurately maintain clinical records documenting care provided. The DOH noted several failures to comply with CFR 483.75(l)(1), which provides that clinical records for each resident must be, among […]
Bronx Nursing Home Employees Prosecuted For Falsifying Medical Records
A Registered Nurse and a Certified Nurse’s Aide at Beth Abraham Health Services, a Bronx Nursing Home, were recently sentenced after being prosecuted by the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit of the New York Attorney General’s Office. A mentally and physically disabled resident with a propensity to wander, eloped from the facility while under the care […]
Aide, Supervisor Terminated After Beating / Attempted Cover-Up at Staten Island Nursing Home
A certified nurse’s aide and her supervisor have both lost their jobs after the aide was accused of beating a developmentally disabled resident at Lily Pond Nursing Home in Staten Island. The supervisor is accused of attempting to cover up the incident. The aide allegedly struck the resident several times in the head during her […]
Two Ferncliff Nursing Home Aides Punished For Trying to Cover-up Fall
Two Certified Nurse Aides at Ferncliff Nursing Home Co. Inc., a Dutchess County, NY Nursing Home, were recently forced to surrender their C.N.A. certificates after a fall during a transfer at the facility. According to a Long-Term-Care Community Coalition report, Stephen Thomas, a C.N.A., transferred a 94-year old resident, who slipped and suffered a broken […]
Medicare Fraud Crackdown Leads to Charges Across US
A key facet to President Obama’s health care reform initiative has been eliminating health care fraud throughout the United States. Yesterday, charges were announced against 91 individuals, accusing them of fraudulently obtaining approximately $300 million from the Medicare system. One of the most shocking indictments involves a doctor billing Medicare for services provided to the […]
New York Nursing Home Attorney Report: New York Nursing Homes And Its Employees Cited For Neglect/Abuse
The Long Term Care Community Coalition recently released its report on New York enforcement actions for the period 12/16/10 – 3/15/11. Included in the report were the following instances of nursing home neglect and abuse: At Terence Cardinal Cooke HCC in Manhattan, LPN Coral Quintyne, gave methadone to the wrong resident, who had to be […]
Bronx, NY Nursing Home Aides Lie about Elopement of Schizophrenic Patient
Three nurse’s aides at Beth Abraham Health Services in the Bronx were arrested after failing to notice the elopement of a 64 year old schizophrenic patient in a wheelchair, and then attempting to cover-up the incident. Although police found the man approximately six hours later at a friend’s home, the aides at Beth Abraham allegedly […]
New York Nursing Home Lawyer Report: C.N.A. At Meadowbrook Care Center Has To Forfeit Certificate After Falsifying Records
Carolyn Williams, a former certified nurse’s aide (C.N.A.) at Meadowbrook Care Center in Freeport, NY was recently prosecuted by the Medicaid Fraud Unit of the NYS Attorney General for endangering the welfare of an elderly person. While working at Meadowbrook Care Center, Ms. Williams allegedly attempted a Hoyer transfer without assistance any other nursing home […]
Nurse At Medford Multicare Center Sentenced After Neglecting Resident And Falsifying Medical Records
Nicole Campo, a former Licensed Practical Nurse at Medford Multicare Center in Medford, New York was recently charged criminally for neglecting an elderly resident and falsifying medical records. More specifically, LPN Campo reportedly ignored the repeated call bell of an 82 year old resident. As a result, the resident urinated in her bed and became […]
New York Nursing Home Abuse Attorney Report: Two Suffolk County Nursing Home Employees Sentenced For Abuse/Neglect Of Residents
Two employees at Suffolk County, NY nursing home, San Simeon by the Sound Greenport Finley, Donald, were recently sentenced after being charged criminally for abusing and/or neglecting residents. Licensed Practical Nurse, Donald Finley, reportedly failed to administer a medication to one resident, failed to change a bandage for another resident, and failed to perform a […]
22 New York Nursing Home Staff Members Arrested And Accused Of Neglect
The Medicaid Fraud Control Unit (MFCU), a task force run by Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, has arrested 22 current and former nursing home employees in two separate cases after footage from hidden surveillance cameras revealed alleged neglect and other conduct that endangered dependent residents. The first case involves the arrest of 14 individuals regarding incidents […]
NYC Nursing Home Abuse Lawyer Report: $19 Million Verdict After Brooklyn Nursing Home Allows 20 Bedsores to Develop And Falsifies Records
A Kings (Brooklyn) County jury recently returned a $19 million verdict in favor of the family of 76 year-old nursing home resident, John Danzy, who developed more than 20 bedsores (pressure sores/decubiti) at Brooklyn-Queens Nursing Home. The award included $3.75 million for pain and suffering and $15 million in punitive damages. Mr. Danzy died from […]
Suffolk County (NY) Nursing Home Fined For Cover-up And Falsification Of Records After Resident Breaks Hip
Medford Multicare Center For Living, a Suffolk County, Long Island, NY nursing home must pay a $35,300 civil penalty due to neglect of a resident that was caught on videotape. Two certified nurses’ aides (C.N.A.’s) at the nursing home transferred a 94 year-old resident from her bed to a wheelchair without using a hoyer lift […]
Three Families Claim Long Island New York Rehab Facility Failed To Monitor Loved Ones
A lawsuit has been filed in Suffolk County, NY alleging that staff at South Oaks Hospital in Amityville, NY failed to properly monitor three of their patients, resulting in the deaths of all three. The lawsuit further alleges that the Hospital staff doctored patient records in order to cover-up the incidents. For additional information regarding […]
Medical Records Falsified At New York City Hospitals
Staff Writers at the New York Daily News reported that between 2004 and 2008, New York State cited NYC hospitals 16 times for falsified, incomplete or missing medical records. Bellevue Hospital, Woodhull Hospital and Jacobi Medical Center were all cited over that period for “correcting” and/or simply “losing” medical records. As we have reported previously […]
Orange County NY Nurses Cited For Falsifying Nursing Records
Jean Frantz Louisme and Aniamma Alex Philip, both nurses at Rockland Psychiatric Center, were cited by the New York Board of Regents for falsifying medical records stemming from a November 27, 2007 incident. Nurse Louisme was advised by another staff member that a patient had not received Risperidone, a psychotropic medication, for approximately three weeks, […]
