Nursing home company settles with Attorney General
By: Import User
Updated: January 7, 2009
Attorney General Mike Beebe says his office has reached a settlement with Advocat, Inc. of Franklin, Tennessee, operating in Arkansas as Diversicare Management Services, to resolve a series of lawsuits and investigations concerning allegations of mistreatment and neglect at 13 Advocat-operated nursing homes. Under the terms of the settlement, Advocat will spend $600,00 to install sprinkler systems in Arkansas nursing homes. In addition, Advocat will pay $400,000 into the Arkansas Medicaid Program Trust Fund over the next two years. The settlement also includes $300,000 that Advocat is spending on improving staff training and patient care.
