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Skilled Nursing Facilities in particular and to a lesser extent other types of Residential Care Facilities, including Assisted Living Facilities and Behavioral Health Facilities, have always been under the government’s watchful eye given that they serve vulnerable populations and often receive significant amounts of government funding, including from Medicare and/or Medicaid. However, Residential Care Facilities, in particular Skilled Nursing Facilities, are under especially intense scrutiny right now due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Federal grand jury investigations and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services probes have been in the news in recent months. Investigators are responding to complaints against entities caring for patients particularly susceptible to COVID-19, including allegations that facilities “failed to follow proper COVID-19 safety and infection control procedures.” These investigations, including
General Medicine, P.C., (General Medicine) has filed suit against Xavier Becerra in his position as Acting Secretary of the Department of Health and Human