SanStone Health and Rehabilitation, Hendersonville Health and Rehabilitation, Dr. Larry Joe Russell, Christopher Sprenger and Michael Deloach, Paul Shogren.
Now I will attempt to show how deceptive these people really are. I will quote from a Hendersonville Times News article written by Scott Parrott, published on November 30, 2007. This was when Pardee Hospital decided to sell the Pardee Care Center, as it was called then. The Article was titled "Doctors bid $8.45 million for center ".
Now lets look at what was said back then, and what is the truth today.
Times News - "A group of Hendersonville physicians offered $8.45 million for the Pardee Care Center, the highest of 14 bids county - owned Pardee received for the nursing and rehabilitation center. "
" Hendersonville Physicians and Associates LLC, which includes five physicians and other local partners, made the offer for the 130 - bed facility on the campus of Blue Ridge Community College."
Truth - Hendersonville Physicians and Associates does have some doctors listed as owners, but it also has BSH Investments of (Blue Sky Healthcare) Lorraine Ohio, Leslie Tamplin one of the owners of Blue Ridge Pharmacy, and Robert Dean Clayton the other owner of Blue Ridge Pharmacy.
Blue Ridge Pharmacy also provides all the prescription medication for Hendersonville Health and Rehabilitation .
Times News - "When he heard about the care center being sold, Dr. Larry Russell said he "began actively working to put together a group to see if we could try to basically secure the facility locally."
Truth - Dr. Larry Russell is not listed as one of the owners of Hendersonville Physicians and Associates on the NC Secretary of State Website.
Times News - Russell said, "What we've got is a group of local docs who basically have a local interest in Henderson County"
The company includes five local physicians -- Dr. Amal Das, Dr. David Mackel, Dr. Stuart Glassman, Dr. Steven Lackey and Dr. Russell. It also includes Linda Brooks, a family nurse practitioner, Ed Baber, a physicians assistant, and his father, pharmacist Larry Baber, owner of Whitly Drugs.
Truth - According to the NC Secretary of State, corporations division, the owners are : BSH Investments Dr.Lateef Abu Moussa, Dr. Hayam K. Shaker, Dr. James Pearce, Dr. Stephen Lackey, Linda Brooks FNP, Leslie Tamplin, Robert Dean Clayton, Catherine H.Schroader, Gail C. Pierce, and Laurie B Lackey. Registerd Agent, Larry Baber
Times News - " You're looking at having an ownership that literally shops at the Wal-Mart and Ingles right alongside the employees of the facility and right alongside the families who have loved ones at the facility"
The group plans to lease the building to Ardent Health and Rehabilitation, which would operate the facility. Mike Deloach and Chris Sprenger of Ardent also have a stake in Hendersonville Physicians and Associates. "So we have a local group of people who own it, and a local company that operates it"
Truth - According to Medicare.gov, the owners are:
http://www.medicare.gov/nursinghomecompare/ownership-info.html?ID=345493&All=True
Local people? Have you seen any of these people at Wal-Mart or Ingles, shopping alongside you. I sure haven't, but then again, I don't live in Ohio like many of them. Can you tell who really owns Hendersonville Health and Rehabilitation?
Does anyone really believe this is a group of local doctors? They must think North Carolinians are really good ole mountain folk. Either that or our local county leaders are money hungry enough to go along with any story that benefits them personally. Check out the article in the Times News on September 22, about The Lodge in Mills River, aka Beystone, another Sprenger - Deloach venture.
More to come.
Sanstone in in the process of purchasing Carolina Care Center in Cherryville, NC. Carolina Care is presently a family owned facility and has been for at least 30 years. While it is in need of some updating, the care is excellent and the staff is caring.
ReplyDeleteMost nursing homes I'm aware of already have a high turnover, particularly with CNAs. CCC's current nursing staff is adequate. I am concerned about how Sanstone will impact basically sound and disciplined operation.