If people cut corners, if they put profits over patients, if they weren’t adequately staffed, if there was some degree of negligence.” Grewal described various theories of liability that the state might pursue: “consumer fraud to criminal homicide to criminal or civil false claims to regulatory violations. New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir Grewal told NPR’s All Things Considered that his office is looking into nursing facilities where residents died of coronavirus, including a facility that was reported to have mishandled the bodies of 17 residents who had died. For regulatory agencies, however, it appears to be business as usual. Listen to Medicare & Health Care StoriesĮven as many states grant immunity from civil liability to nursing facilities for harm and death resulting from the coronavirus pandemic, at least two state Attorneys General have announced that their offices have opened criminal investigations into nursing facilities.Join the Center for Medicare Advocacy Founder’s Circle.
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