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.