The U.S. Attorney in Philadelphia has filed a False Claims Act lawsuit against the former operators of a Pottstown nursing home for providing “grossly substandard care” from at least 2017 until 2023, the office announced Tuesday.
The 157-page lawsuit says the cited nursing homes failed to provide adequate wound care, neglected residents’ hygiene, and sometimes documented care that was not provided.
The Pottstown facility used to be called ProMedica Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation — Pottstown. Before that, it was known as ManorCare Health Services — Pottstown.
The Aug. 28 complaint builds on two whistleblower complaints filed in 2016 and 2017 when the facility was operated by the now defunct HCR ManorCare Inc.
ProMedica Health Systems Inc. acquired the facilities as part of its 2018 acquisition of HCR ManorCare’s more than 200 nursing homes out of bankruptcy.
The Pottstown facility is one of four named in the lawsuit, which also targets nursing homes in Ohio, South Carolina, and Virginia.
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The lawsuit “serves notice to the nursing home industry that a failure to provide adequate nursing home care will not be tolerated,” David Metcalf, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania said in a statement. “Public funds expended for nursing home residents must result in appropriate care, which is what the government pays for, and the law requires.”
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