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Self-dealing practices are bankrupting hospitals and nursing homes

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Hospitals and nursing homes are facing bankruptcy due to healthcare cuts and difficulties negotiating with insurers. A significant contributing factor is self-dealing, where owners of these institutions create separate companies to extract profits through inflated rental or management fees. This practice, detailed in a study in The New England Journal of Medicine concerning Illinois nursing homes, has been linked to the bankruptcy of large chains like Genesis HealthCare. To combat this, states are urged to increase transparency in ownership structures and conduct more rigorous audits of financial claims. AI

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  1. Forbes — Innovation TIER_1 English(EN) · Peter Ubel, Contributor ·

    How Self-Dealing Is Bankrupting Hospitals And Nursing Homes

    For profit entities have found ways to bankrupt hospitals they own while making money off their failure.

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