Life Care Centers of America controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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2020
Kirkland COVID-19 outbreak and regulatory deficiencies
The Life Care Center of Kirkland in Washington was linked to a major early U.S. nursing-home COVID-19 outbreak. The event involved resident deaths, infections, hospital transfers, staffing and protective-equipment concerns, and a subsequent federal fine for cited deficiencies.
2020
Nashoba Valley COVID-19 outbreak
Life Care Center of Nashoba Valley in Littleton, Massachusetts, experienced a COVID-19 outbreak. A nurse who reported the outbreak later died of the virus.
2020
Lawsuit filed against Life Care Centers of America over resident’s death
Lawsuit filed
Deborah de los Angeles filed a lawsuit against Life Care Centers of America Inc., alleging fraud and wrongful death in connection with her mother’s death after contracting COVID-19 while a resident at the facility.
Source excerpt
The daughter of a woman who died of coronavirus at a Kirkland, Wash., skilled care and rehabilitation facility filed a lawsuit against the facility for fraud and wrongful death, published reports said.
Deborah de los Angeles filed suit Friday against Life Care Centers of America Inc. in the early March death of her mother, Twilla Morin, The Seattle Times reported.
2016
Medicare and TRICARE rehabilitation billing case
Federal authorities alleged that Life Care used systematic practices to increase government reimbursement claims for rehabilitation services that were unnecessary or unreasonable. The company agreed to pay $145 million to resolve the False Claims Act allegations, which arose from two whistleblower actions.