The proprietor of a nursing residence can considerably influence the standard of care that residence’s residents obtain, analysis has proven. One proprietor’s affect might be widespread: Practically one-fifth of individuals or corporations who report an possession curiosity in a nursing residence have a monetary stake in 5 or extra houses, in line with knowledge from the Facilities for Medicaid and Medicare Providers. Practically 100 house owners have direct or oblique possession in 50 or extra houses.
One such proprietor, Benjamin Landa, was nominated by President Donald Trump in October to be ambassador to Hungary. ProPublica reported Monday that Pinnacle Multicare Nursing and Rehabilitation Heart, which Landa co-owns, is suing the Trump administration following a Division of Well being and Human Providers audit that estimated greater than $30 million in Medicare overpayments had been made to the ability.
An lawyer for Landa denied wrongdoing in an announcement, saying the problems recognized within the audit occurred through the COVID-19 pandemic when nursing houses have been within the midst of a disaster.
To present the general public extra perception into who owns American nursing houses, ProPublica has added the flexibility to go looking by proprietor, supervisor or officer identify to Nursing Residence Examine, our database that helps you discover points that federal inspectors have recognized in additional than 14,000 amenities. The replace permits customers to search out all references to an proprietor’s identify throughout houses and filter outcomes primarily based on location or the particular person’s position within the nursing residence.
ProPublica already publishes knowledge supplied by CMS on “affiliated entities,” teams of houses decided to share an proprietor, officer or entity with managerial management. Nevertheless, these teams don’t all the time seize each residence an individual or firm has a relationship with. For instance, CMS lists Landa as an affiliated entity related to 55 nursing houses throughout 4 states. However the identify “Benjamin Landa” seems within the CMS possession knowledge for 102 nursing houses in eight states.
To make connections between house owners extra seen, if you happen to seek for a selected particular person or firm identify, the database now additionally surfaces others who ceaselessly seem alongside the searched identify.
ProPublica plans to proceed enhancing Nursing Residence Examine within the coming months. For those who write a narrative utilizing the possession search, come throughout points or have concepts for enhancements, please tell us!
