States spring to action after Skyline misses huge payroll
By
James M. Berklan
May 08, 2018
The Kansas Department of Aging and Disability Services sought emergency powers to take over operations at 15 nursing homes in late March after New Jersey-based Skyline Health Care failed to make payroll....
Money woes keep mounting for troubled Skyline chain
By
Marty Stempniak
Jun 06, 2019
Five Massachusetts skilled nursing facilities run by embattled Skyline Healthcare closed in May, as the operator faced ongoing inability to pay bills. The state’s Department of Public Health revealed...
Avera attempts to intervene
By
Elizabeth Newman
Jul 17, 2019
SOUTH DAKOTA — Avera became the second entity attempting to intervene in the operations transfer of 17 South Dakota nursing facilities in receivership, according to local reports. Former manager Skyline...
SNF nurses, residents circulating petitions to prevent Skyline closures
By
Marty Stempniak
May 01, 2019
Five Skyline Healthcare nursing facilities in Massachusetts were officially ordered into receivership Monday and are set to close this month, but staffers and their patients are fighting back.
‘It’s an absolute nightmare’ — Skyline surrenders licenses as nursing facilities will now close
By
Marty Stempniak
Apr 26, 2019
Several Massachusetts skilled nursing facilities run by embattled Skyline Healthcare are closing, days after they were placed into receivership.
Aria faces allegations of ‘gross self-dealing’ in Arkansas bankruptcy case
By
Kimberly Marselas
May 10, 2018
Aria Health Group and its owners participated in “gross self-dealing and corporate wrong” by transferring money from debtors it controlled to itself in the months before and after those companies...
Also in the News for Wednesday, June 12
By
Elizabeth Newman
Jun 11, 2019
CNA guilty of abuse after muffling resident’s mouth with hand … Avera pushes for role in Skyline receivership … Value-based reimbursement, management, strategy covered in comprehensive nursing home...
Also in the News for Friday, Nov. 2
By
Marty Stempniak
Nov 02, 2018
Researchers give tips to treat and prevent C. diff in long-term care facilities … Geriatrics experts define ‘healthy aging’ … Health department ordered to release records from Skyline Healthcare...
Also in the News for Tuesday, June 26
Jun 26, 2018
Former American Senior Communities CEO should get 12 years in prison for $19.4M fraud scheme, prosecutors say … Pennsylvania paying $475K for temp nursing home manager at Skyline facilities …...
Skyline operators stole $2M from employees, lawsuit claims
By
Danielle Brown
Feb 06, 2020
A newly filed lawsuit has accused the former operators of New Jersey-based nursing home chain Skyline Health Care of stealing more than $2 million from employees.