SanStone Health and Rehabilitation, Who are you really? I see the name SanStone associated with, Hendersonville Health and Rehabilitation, Beystone, Sanford Health and Rehabilitation, StoneCreek Health and Rehabilitation, Madison Health and Rehabilitation, and Oak Forest Health and Rehabilitation.
Then I came across a website that claims that Ohio based Sprenger Health Care, had acquired two new properties, Hendersonville Health and Rehabilitation, and Stone Creek Health and Rehabilitation.
Is SanStone just another way to spell Sprenger?
The local paper says a group of local doctors bought Hendersonville Health and Rehabilitation. Hendersonville Physicians and Associates, led by Dr. Larry Joe Russell. Upon searching the NC Secretary of State website, there is no Dr. Larry Joe Russell on the documents. There are a couple of local doctors, their wives, and a long list of Sprengers, and Sprenger owned businesses. Hardly sounds like one little small town doctor masterminded the whole affair. Dr. Larry Joe Russell appears to be nothing more than a doctor with too many patients, and a puppet of the Sprenger monopoly.
This may not seem like a big deal to you right now. But rest assured the minute you trust someone you care about, to these ruthless profiteers, you will care.You will see the substandard level of care their patients are subject to. What you will not see, is the compassion, and level of care they advertise on WLOS channel 13, in Asheville NC. " Our promise is to care for our patients as if they were our own family. "  Hardly proven by the yearly inspection and complaints posted on Medicare.gov. Hendersonville Health and Rehabilitation has a two star rating, and Beystone has a one star rating, well below average. Is that how they treat their family members?
If you need one of these types of facilities, do your research. Go to Medicare.gov, and then look at some of the private reviews. Medicare.gov, is not an accurate representation of what the place is actually like, but it is a starting point..The NC DHHS never seems to find a valid complaint, although many are filed. Looks a lot like someone (NCDHHS) is getting paid to turn the other way, and not find any problems
 Nursing - Rehabilitation centers are almost all owned and operated by huge corporations. For some reason there are a lot of these companies in Ohio. The Sprengers are from Ohio??? Dr. Larry Joe Russell was hatched in Kentucky, there are quite a few Nursing - Rehabilitation centers headquartered there as well. SanStone is nothing but a shell corporation it is not listed as a corporation on the NC Secretary of State website. It is there to absorb any liability, in the event they ever actually find something wrong. This is the method they use to steal medicare and medicaid monies. We ( US taxpayers ) are paying for the private planes and yachts, golf tournaments and exclusive homes they live in. Sure gets my blood boiling, what about you?


Here is a link to Medicare.gov review for Hendersonville Health and Rehabilitation
http://www.medicare.gov/nursinghomecompare/profile.html#profTab=0&ID=345493&loc=28792&lat=35.3902982&lng=-82.366887

Here is the link to the ownership information also:
http://www.medicare.gov/nursinghomecompare/ownership-info.html?ID=345493&All=True

Here is the link to Medicare .gov review for BeyStone Health and rehabilitation:
http://www.medicare.gov/nursinghomecompare/profile.html#profTab=0&ID=345253&loc=28792&lat=35.3902982&lng=-82.366887

Here is the link to their ownership information:
http://www.medicare.gov/nursinghomecompare/ownership-info.html#ID=345253

SanStone Health, Christopher Sprenger , Mike Deloach , Larry Joe Russell. According to the Hendersonville Times News, these are the people who bought the Pardee Care Center. Currently Hendersonville Health and Rehabilitation in Flat Rock NC.
This is interesting, because if you look up Hendersonville Health and Rehabilitation, on Medicare.gov, there is a long list of owners. The Times News makes it sound like a group of local doctors bought the facility from Pardee Hospital. I am goiln to list the owners according to Medicare.gov.
Kenneth Malanowski
Larry Baber
Ardent Health and Rehab
Linda Brooks
Lois Clary
Flat Rock Management Co.
Hayam Shaker
Hendersonville Physicians and Associates
Mike Deloache
Wendy Hutsenpiller
James Pearce
Christopher Mallett
Stephen Lackey
Laura Lackey
Mark Sprenger
Timothy Sprenger
Christopher Sprenger
Nicole Sprenger
BlueSky Health Care Inc.
BSH Investments, ( ? Blue Sky Health )
Hardly looks like a group of local doctors does it? There are a couple of doctors on there but there are more Sprengers. The Sprenger family owns quite a few nursing and rehabilitation facilities in Ohio and other States. What happened to DR. Larry Joe Russell, his name is nowhere on there. Does the Hendersonville Times News know this, or do they just write what they are told to write, without investigating. According to the Securities and Exchange Commission, there are only three names on their documents. Christopher Sprenger, Mike Deloach, and Dr. Larry Joe Russell.
What is the purpose of this confusing ownership structure? Is it to share the wealth, or to hide from the liability of running a substandard care facility, where people mysteriously die?
This is a perfect example of what's wrong with our healthcare system. I have gone so far as contacting the White House, Several Senators, and two Congressmen. I have also contacted, The CMS, NCDHHS, NC Medical Board, NC Board of Nursing, NC State Medical Examiner, OIG, and any other State or Federal agency that would be involved in holding them accountable. I've been bounced back and forth from one to the other. No one wants to be the first to get involved, most don't even respond. When they do respond, and I follow through with questions, it turns out that they have actually done nothing. This effects anyone who ends up in one of these death traps, as well as anyone who pays taxes. They are stealing our tax money right in front of us. In the meantime, while they are playing golf, yachting around the country, and flying their private jets around, our schools are firing teachers, and cutting programs left and right. If this is OK with you, then something is wrong. I need all the help I can get to get this the attention it deserves. It's way more than an eldercare issue, it is government corruption at almost every level, local, State, and Federal. Get involved and make a difference. Please post your comments, and share your stories.