ALBANY — A Capital Region employee of the massive Centers Health Care nursing home network is suing the company for alleged whistleblower retaliation after she claims she was fired for raising concerns about patient safety and the mishandling of patient records.

Cheri Reppenhagen, a former nursing manager at facilities based in Schenectady and Troy, alleged she was fired in January after her complaints were ignored by executives with Centers Health Care, a Bronx-based nursing home company.

While at the Troy Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing in 2023, the lawsuit states, Reppenhagen witnessed several violations of safety regulations and brought her complaints to administrators at the Troy facility. But she was ultimately instructed not to make any formal reports, even when patient safety was threatened on a handful of occasions, resulting in injuries, according to her civil case.

The lawsuit, filed two weeks ago in state Supreme Court in Kings County, adds to a pile of legal woes the for-profit nursing home conglomerate is facing. Last year, two of the company’s top executives were sued by state Attorney General Letitia James for allegations of negligence and widespread Medicaid fraud. The attorney general’s office alleged the company’s top executives had engaged in numerous schemes to siphon money from government health programs for personal gain.

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