Nursing Home Chain in California Agrees to Pay Up to $15.5 Million Amid Physical, Sexual Assault Allegations

Following allegations of physical and sexual assaults, and neglect of patient medical care, California operator Mariner Health Care has agreed to pay up to $15.5 million in penalties, plus $2.25 million in costs, if unable to abide by terms related to patient safety and staffing levels.

Mariner Health Care neither admitted to nor denied wrongdoing, according to a statement issued by Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price, and reported by the Mercury News. Mariner did not respond to a request for comment by the time of publication.

The state Division of Medi-Cal Fraud and Elder Abuse, along with the district attorneys of Alameda, Marin, Santa Cruz and Los Angeles counties in 2021 sued all 19 of Mariner’s facilities and the company’s corporate management for alleged unsafely discharging residents from facilities; five properties were also sued for understaffing facilities which led to resident harm.

Read the source article at Skilled Nursing News