The for-profit Lorien Health Services network, owned by Luigi Mangione's family, has a history of citations and federal fines.
It was reported that an alert posted on the Medicare.gov database warns that one of the nursing homes 'has been cited for abuse,' according to the Daily Mail.
The outlet reported that many of the nine nursing homes the family owned throughout the Baltimore area had face criticism and had been cited for problems. For example, Lorien's facility in Bel Air, Maryland, had received 24 health citations in the past six years.
The average facility received about 9.6 citations over the same time period, the Daily Mail also noted.
The Daily Mail stated that several facilities has received substantial fines including an assisted living home in Bulle Rock, Maryland which had to pay $40,422 after June 2022 inspection. Another facility in Columbia received a $24,680 fine in July.
Mangione is accused of killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in Manhattan Dec. 4. The killing has provoked a polarized reaction from the public, with many using the crime as an opportunity to vent frustrations about the healthcare system.
Mangione wrote that "these parasites simply had it coming", according to Mediaite, in reference to health insurance executives. The manifesto further noted that "the US has the #1 most expensive healthcare system in the world, yet we rank roughly #42 in life expectancy."
Originally published in Lawyer Herald
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