What you need to know about IndyStar’s nursing home investigation
An IndyStar investigation into Indiana nursing homes found some of the worst care in the nation despite the highest supplemental Medicaid funding.
Tony Cook, Tim Evans and Emily Hopkins, Indianapolis Star
The murky world of Medicaid funding: Recycled money, accounting tricks and pay-to-play schemes
Seema Verma: Improper fund transfers could create “endless cycle of increased federal money with no skin in the game for states and no link to value.”
Lies, omissions and falsified records: How nursing homes hide problems, endanger patients
Inspection reports and lawsuits claim employees withheld information about resident injuries, falsified records or made misleading statements.
Nursing home residents suffer as county hospitals rake in millions
Indiana gets more extra nursing home money from Medicaid than any other state. But patient care is among the worst in the nation.
16 falls. An amputated leg. An infected tailbone. Dire conditions in Indiana nursing homes.
A resident fell 16 times. A man lost his leg. A woman’s tailbone was so infected it was removed. Here are stories from nursing homes in Indiana.