Nursing Home Evicts Residents As Soon As Their Medicare Coverage For Short-Term Care Expires, Lawsuit Alleges
“What they say is, ‘It’s $3 grand a week now,’ ” said attorney Greg Johnson of the Camarillo nursing home. “‘What do you want to do?’ ”
Ventura County Star:
Lawsuit: Camarillo Nursing Home Evicts Residents When Medicare Expires
A Camarillo nursing home faces a lawsuit alleging it evicts residents as soon as their Medicare coverage for short-term care expires, bypassing the notices, medical evaluations and other steps required by federal and state law. The suit accuses Brookdale Camarillo and nine other Brookdale nursing homes across California of what a seniors’ advocate called the fast-rising practice of dumping residents in an attempt to keep beds available for rehab clients whose bills will still be paid by Medicare. (Kisken, 12/14)
In other news from across the state —
Ventura County Star:
Revenues Falling Shy At VCMC But Officials Still Expect To Break Even
Ventura County Medical Center posted a $5.4 million loss in the first quarter of the fiscal year, but managers of the health care system serving large numbers of low-income people still expect to break even by July. The loss presented last month to an oversight committee comes on the heels of a projected loss of around $13 million in the last fiscal year. Officials said in June they expected to rebound in the current fiscal year and clear $200,000 on a budget of more than $500 million. (Wilson, 12/15)