{"id":146,"date":"2013-09-12T10:00:04","date_gmt":"2013-09-12T16:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chicagonursinghomelawyersblog.com\/?p=146"},"modified":"2019-10-21T05:36:35","modified_gmt":"2019-10-21T10:36:35","slug":"28-million-jury-verdict-nursing-home-false-claims-whistleblower-act-fraud-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/nursing-home-lawyer\/28-million-jury-verdict-nursing-home-false-claims-whistleblower-act-fraud-case\/","title":{"rendered":"$28 Million Jury Verdict in Nursing Home False Claims and Whistleblower Act Fraud Case"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;--><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Two former employees of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.momencemeadows.com\/\">Momence Meadow Nursing Center<\/a>, Vanessa Absher and Lynda Mitchell, asserted that Momence Meadows and its owner, Jacob Graff, consistently chose not to provide nursing home residents with the adequate care. It was alleged that the nursing home staff allowed patients to suffer neglect, lack of medical care and food, lying in urine- and feces- soaked beds, not receiving required prescribed medications and suffering ongoing outbreaks of skin disorders and infections, including bed sores and at least 6 deaths attributable to defendants\u2019 failure of care.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The plaintiffs, the individual whistleblowers and the United States contended that the defendants chose not to meet the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.idph.state.il.us\/\">Illinois Department of Public Health<\/a>\u2019s minimum staffing requirements.<span>\u00a0<\/span>It was claimed that the defendants were guilty of grossly inadequate staffing levels and knowingly submitted thousands of false claims for payment to Medicare and Medicaid, forged and destroyed medical documents and staffing logs to conceal the inadequate care, instructed the nursing staff not to log negative information related to patient care such as falls and missed meals and medication, and routinely ripped out pages from medical records that would have shown lapses in care.<span>\u00a0<\/span>The defendants were alleged to have then replaced medical records with more favorable entries and even forged nurses\u2019 signatures.<span>\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">During the employment of Absher and Mitchell, they \u00a0repeatedly complained to the nursing homes\u2019 management and reported several incidents to the Illinois Department of Public Health nursing home hotline.<span>\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/nursing-home-lawyer\/28-million-jury-verdict-nursing-home-false-claims-whistleblower-act-fraud-case\/#more-146\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two former employees of Momence Meadow Nursing Center, Vanessa Absher and Lynda Mitchell, asserted that Momence Meadows and its owner, Jacob Graff, consistently chose not to provide nursing home residents with the adequate care. 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