ATTY. GENERAL SETTLES WITH DENNETT REHAB CENTER

Attorney General Anthony G. Brown today announced a $250,000 settlement with the owners of the Dennett Rehab Center nursing home in Oakland, Maryland, resolving allegations that the owners violated the Maryland False Health Claims Act by providing substandard care to hundreds of residents at the facility. The settlement involves both the current owners, Dennett Rehab, and the previous owners, DRM Healthcare. It includes a monitoring agreement component in which the Office of Attorney General will oversee the facility for three years. The settlement marks the fifth nursing home case resolved in the past two years by the Medicaid Fraud and Vulnerable Victims Unit. This settlement is part of an ongoing MFVVU effort to improve conditions at the state’s roughly 230 nursing homes.