Posts Tagged ‘Assisted living facility’
Vaccinations Roll Out for Florida Assisted Living Facilities
This week, Florida Assisted Living Facilities’ (ALFs) residents and staff began receiving the COVID-19 vaccinations as part of Florida’s partnership with CVS and Walgreens. This vaccine administration is the first phase of Florida’s plan in administering the vaccine to the most vulnerable population: long-term care facility residents and staff, persons over the age of 65,…
Read MoreNursing Homes, ALFs and Other Long-Term Care Facilities Face Challenging Legal Times in the Age of COVID-19
The superintendent and former medical director of a state-run soldier’s home in Massachusetts have been indicted in what that state’s Attorney General described as the first criminal case in the country against nursing home operators related to the pandemic. Late last month, Attorney General Maura Healey announced that Superintendent Bennett Walsh and former Medical Director…
Read MoreFlorida ALFs latest target of Medicaid fraud investigators
Assisted Living Facilities (ALFs), and the patient placement agencies with which they work, have become the latest target of Florida’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit (MFCU) investigators. Recently, these agencies have been conducting interviews with ALF owners, managers and marketing personnel at facilities where they suspect possible kickbacks in violations of the Florida Patient Brokering Statute…
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