Judge rejects plea deal for former Skyline nursing home owner Schwartz
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Kimberly Marselas
May 24, 2024
A federal judge has rejected the plea deal for a former nursing home operator who admitted his role in a nearly $39 million fraud scheme that led to the financial collapse of dozens of facilities.
Two more states step in to help Skyline residents, staff
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Kimberly Marselas
Jun 08, 2018
Arkansas and Pennsylvania were the latest states to seize control of facilities associated with the collapsing Skyline Healthcare nursing home chain. At least 76 Skyline-run facilities — some operating...
Criminal case could remove controversial Skyline owner from Medicaid, Medicare programs
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Kimberly Marselas
Dec 22, 2021
Three years after his nursing home operations imploded, leaving thousands of residents in danger and staff unpaid, former Skyline Healthcare owner Joseph Schwartz is facing criminal charges in Arkansas.
Skyline avoids class-action suit in Arkansas
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jun 18, 2018
A federal judge has dismissed a potential class action lawsuit against Skyline Highland Holdings — an entity connected to the operator whose homes went into receivership en masse this spring — ruling...
Disgraced nursing home operator Schwartz hit with new $7.7 million ruling
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Kimberly Marselas
Aug 30, 2022
A disgraced nursing home owner must pay $7.7 million to a medical supply company, one of many debtors he owed after the collapse of Skyline Healthcare.
NY nursing home landlord, former operators to pay $7.2M in False Claims settlement
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Kimberly Marselas
Feb 28, 2023
The landlord of an upstate New York nursing home and the unlicensed operators who ran the facility for years before its 2021 closure have agreed to pay nearly $7.2 million to resolve False Claims Act allegations.
Lawsuit is bold reminder of states’ ownership blindspot
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Kimberly Marselas
Dec 01, 2022
New York’s lawsuit targets the people and mechanisms that might have allowed low quality to take root. But it’s all of skilled nursing that suffers.