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Kristen Fischer
Jul 22, 2024
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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.
Skyline’s implosion continues with Pennsylvania takeover
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Kimberly Marselas
May 03, 2018
The Pennsylvania Department of Health has installed temporary management at nine nursing homes owned by Skyline Healthcare, the latest group to fall in the growing collapse of the New Jersey-based operator.
Two more Skyline properties head to receivership; desperate details emerge from cash-strapped company...
By
Kimberly Marselas
May 09, 2018
A former owner has taken over day-to-day operations of two Skyline Healthcare-owned nursing homes after the Arkansas Department of Human Services put the facilities into receivership.
DOJ charges former owner of bankrupt Skyline chain with 22 tax fraud, evasion counts worth $29 million
By
James M. Berklan
Jan 21, 2022
Former nursing home chain owner Joseph Schwartz was taken into custody Thursday afternoon to face more than 20 federal labor and income tax-related fraud charges, according to authorities.
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.
Former Skyline head Schwartz pleads not guilty in federal tax case
By
Danielle Brown
Feb 09, 2022
Former Skyline Healthcare owner Joseph Schwartz, accused of operating a $29.5 million tax fraud scheme, pleaded not guilty to the allegations in federal court on Monday.
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...