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Five Missouri nursing homes admit to fraud and inadequate care
Posted on Feb 15, 2010
Last month, federal prosecutors announced that Cathedral Rock, a Texas corporation that operates five Missouri nursing homes, had pled guilty to charges felony health care fraud for the corporations “failure to provide adequate care to the Medicare and Medicaid residents living in those homes.”
C. Kent Harrington, the majority owner of Cathedral Rock, and the five nursing homes will pay one million dollars in criminal fines and penalties and an additional $628,000 to resolve civil allegations of submitting false and fraudulent claims to Medicare and Medicaid.
The nursing homes admitted:
• Staffing at the homes was not sufficient to provide adequate patient care.
• Wound care was not always provided at the homes.
• The residents often did not receive medication as prescribed.
• Medical records were falsified. A “charting party” was held at one of the homes to fill in medical records and make it appear that medications had been given.
• The nursing homes provided fraudulent claims to Medicare and Medicaid for services that were not provided.
Other allegations include:
• Lack of adequate and properly trained staff
• Widespread falsification of patients’ medical records
• Numerous residents suffered from malnutrition, dehydration, preventable pressure sores, and side effects from not receiving medication
The nursing homes include SpringPlace Care Center, McLaran Care Center, and Cathedral Gardens Care Center in St. Louis, Oak Forest Skilled Care in Ballwin, and Blanchette Place Care Center in St. Charles.
The case was brought to the attention of the inspector general by two employees.
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