McKnight's December 5, 2023
A federal judge rejected a skilled nursing executive’s appeal to overturn his 15-year exclusion from Medicare, ruling that his staffing decisions were a “straightforward” obstacle to routine checks that could have saved three residents’ lives.
The Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General originally excluded Chaim Charles Steg after three residents of his nursing home died from complications from serious injuries.
A grand jury found those injuries could have been avoided if longstanding staffing deficiencies had been addressed at St. Francis Center for Rehabilitation and Healthcare in Darby, PA, where Steg was the regional director of operations.
Steg pleaded no contest to three counts of Recklessly Endangering Another Person in 2021.
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