Sacramento-Based Nursing Home Operator Fined $100K, Cited Over Patient Death
The California Department of Public Health has levied a $100,000 fine against Sacramento-based Crestwood Behavioral Health, which operates inpatient mental health and skilled nursing facilities throughout the state. In addition, the company was given the most severe citation under California law for infractions that led to the death of a resident at Crestwood Manor, a Fremont skilled nursing home, about one year ago.
- "Nursing Home Fined, Cited for Infractions After Patient's Death" (Benedetti, San Jose Mercury News, 7/30).