Feds raid SoCal offices of Ensign Group Inc.

[DogPoundPup]

Source: San Francisco Chronicle

Federal agents have raided the Mission Viejo headquarters of Ensign Group Inc. and several other locations in what company officials suspect is a probe into alleged Medicare fraud at the national chain of nursing homes.

FBI spokeswoman Laura Eimiller said agents raided several locations in Orange and Los Angeles counties on Wednesday. She says the subject of the federal search warrant remains sealed and could not provide further details.

A company executive told the Orange County Register that the Department of Justice has been investigating Ensign since 2006 and that the problem may have stemmed from acquisitions of troubled facilities.

The Ensign Group operates 63 nursing and convalescent facilities in California, Arizona, Texas, Washington, Utah and Idaho.
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[babylonsister]

1. Good! nt

[MidwestTransplant]

2. Any relation to John Ensign?

[sixmile]

3. No. Founded in 1999 by Roy E. Christensen

http://people.forbes.com/profile/roy-e-christensen/30182

[TankLV]

4. Only "in spirit"...only "in spirit"..,.

[KamaAina]

5. Yet another reason to consign nursing homes to the ash heap of history

and move toward the home- and community-based services model, also known as "aging in place".

As if the tales of horrifying abuse, most recently from Minnesota, weren't enough. :grr: