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Menlo Park veterans home facing more than $320k in fines
Clip: 2/17/2023 | 1m 4sVideo has Closed Captions
The fines stem from violations found by federal investigators last summer
The troubled Menlo Park Veterans Memorial Home in Edison is facing more than $320,000 in fines stemming from violations that federal investigators found this summer. Those violations from the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid include charges of improper care and abuse that put the lives of residents in “immediate jeopardy” and threatened a shutdown of the facility.
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Menlo Park veterans home facing more than $320k in fines
Clip: 2/17/2023 | 1m 4sVideo has Closed Captions
The troubled Menlo Park Veterans Memorial Home in Edison is facing more than $320,000 in fines stemming from violations that federal investigators found this summer. Those violations from the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid include charges of improper care and abuse that put the lives of residents in “immediate jeopardy” and threatened a shutdown of the facility.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipthe troubled Menlo Park Veterans Home in Edison is facing more than 320 thousand dollars in fines stemming from violations the federal investigators found this summer those violations from the U.S centers for Medicare and Medicaid include charges of improper care and abuse that put lives of residents in quote immediate Jeopardy and threatened a shutdown of the facility several of those violations were addressed in December under a mission critical response that included a revamp of the leadership team and improvements to infection control strategies at the home but news of the latest fines come just days after the state announced admissions to the nursing home had resumed and the facility was deemed to be in quote substantial compliance with Federal standards the Menlo Park home isn't the only one facing fines the state's two other veterans homes are also facing thousands in fines since the start of the pandemic
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