Kentucky Nursing Home Abuse Attorney: Winchester Care Facility to Lose Medicare and Medicaid Funding After Receiving Type A Citation for Alleged Abuse and Neglect
A Kentucky nursing home has been cited for alleged abuse and neglect. State officials gave Winchester Center for Health and Rehabilitation a Type A citation, which is the most serious citation the state can issue for nursing home abuse or neglect. Now, the federal government says that the home’s contract for Medicare and Medicaid funding will be terminated. This means that the Kentucky nursing home won’t be able to take care of people who receive Medicaid and Medicare.
Kathy Gannoe, Nursing Home Ombudsman Agency of the Bluegrass’s executive director, says that the problems that led to the Type A citation involved medical errors that have been taken care of. Gannoe also says that most of the 31 complaints the agency received in the last three months about the Kentucky long-term care facility have been resolved.
This is not the first time the Winchester Centre for Health and Rehabilitation has had to modify its patient care. In 2004, the Winchester facility was one of four Kindred Nursing Centers homes that reached a $3.7 million settlement with the state for untreated infections and their delayed treatment, improper restraint use resulting in injuries, failure to properly administer patient medications, failure to evaluate and treat wounds, and insufficient supplies for treating life-threatening illnesses. Also, at least two Kentucky nursing home lawsuits accusing Winchester Centre for Health and Rehabilitation of negligent care have been settled.
Current residents at the 183-bed facility who qualify for Medicare and Medicaid funding will have to be transferred to other facilities. To be eligible for Medicare and Medicaid, Kentucky nursing homes must meet federal standards regarding food storage and preparation and patient care. Central Kentucky has already lost 400 nursing home beds for Medicaid patients for a number of reasons.
Nursing home owner spent $3.7 million in 2004 case, Kentucky.com, January 16, 2009
Winchester nursing home to lose funding, Kentucky, January 14, 2009
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