Amid rising complaints against nursing home, owners profited
The property owner of a Brockton nursing home took $1.8 million in pay last year, and his son took nearly $900,000. During that same period, the nursing home accumulated more than triple the state average in health and safety problems, according to a Boston Globe report.
Additionally, Braemoor Health Center’s owner, Synergy Health Centers, has “apparently provided false information when applying for nursing home licenses,’’ the Globe has learned.
The Globe’s review also found that Synergy and its affiliated companies assembled a string of 11 nursing homes with little state scrutiny of the backgrounds of top executives, including Larry Lipschutz, who faces tens of thousands of dollars in fines because of previous business dealings.
After being made aware of the newspaper’s finding, state public health commissioner Dr. Monica Bharel said her agency must overhaul the way it reviews nursing home licensing.
Read the full Boston Globe story here.
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