Nursing home executives collected hefty paychecks as they understaffed their Massachusetts facilities, leading to medication errors and life-threatening injuries to their patients, according to a settlement agreement released Wednesday by the state attorney general’s office.
The $2.75 million settlement stemmed from a state investigation into conditions at 11 homes owned or managed by Connecticut-based Bear Mountain Healthcare from April 2021 to December 2025. During those years, Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell said inadequate staffing was endemic at these homes. Some failed to meet the state’s minimum standard of 3.58 staff hours per patient day, she said.
“This settlement holds Bear Mountain accountable for systemic understaffing that resulted in neglect and provides meaningful relief to properly meet residents’ needs moving forward,” she said in a statement.
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