Four nursing home chains may hide profits by creating affiliate companies, new report alleges

Many of the Michigan nursing homes in those chains have faced a ‘disproportionate’ number of care complaints in recent years, the reports authors say

Together, the chains operate 98 skilled nursing facilities, or more than 1 in 5 of Michigan’s nursing homes

Michigan’s nursing home industry may be hiding millions of dollars in profits by farming out services to their own affiliates, even as complaints about care and staffing levels increase, according to a new report by consumer watchdogs.

The report , released by the Michigan Elder Justice Initiative, a legal rights group, echoes national reports and consumer complaints in recent years about a lack of transparency over profits in the nursi

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