According to the NC Secretary of State, SanStone Management LLC, was created on February 24, 2014. Does that mean that SanStone Health and Rehabilitation, is now managed by SanStone Management? How many ways can you take money from a business ? Christopher Sprenger and Mike Deloach seem to be experts, both are managing employees at all the SanStone properties. Now they are being managed by themselves, and I'm sure they are getting paid a management fee. I wonder if that will affect their pay as managing employees? Does SanStone need both managing employees, being managed by themselves?
It looks like they have been to the Larry Joe Russell school of taking all the money you can from your business without actually having to do anything for it. Dr. Russell is a master at getting paid for doing nothing. He bills patients for visits that he doesn't make. He diagnoses patients with illnesses, and then provides them with rental equipment to treat the fake illness. All this under the watchful eye of the ever competent NC Medical Board.
The NC Medical Board, NCDHHS, NC Board of Nursing and the CMS are supposed to be "regulating" the medical community. I know that I have been focused on nursing homes, that's where it all started for me. It is obviously a problem across the medical community. Nurses are the ones that really know what's going on in the hospitals and doctors offices. They are not necessarily bad people, they just know if they tell what actually happens, they don't work.
If you have to go to the doctor, you better pray that the nurse keeps the doctor from killing you. I've seen jokes on Facebook about this, people think it's funny. Next time you have to go to the doctor, are you going to know if you are getting the right treatment for your illness? Do you trust the doctor, just because he has a piece of paper on the wall and a white coat? Is there anything in the office that shows the doctors integrity? Does the doctor own the pharmacy, that you will get that $35.00 prescription from? Unless you have time to research who owns what, you will never know.
I was in the hospital two times last year, both times, I had to call the doctors attention to something, that could have been harmful. One of the times, I was on a medication, that should have been discontinued two weeks before. The list of current medications was in the file, the doctor just didn't take the time to look. The person calling from the hospital the day before the procedure, noticed what the doctor should have. The second time I was going for a test, the test involved injection of iodine into my spine. The doctor was on the ball, he saw the allergy and prescribed a preventive drug, good job! The morning of the test, I showed up at Mission Hospital, and as the nurse went over my chart, she discovered that I was on a medication, that should have been held for at least two days. They sent me home and rescheduled the test for another day. They were nice enough to give me a $20.00 gas card for my trouble.
This is an issue that should scare almost everyone who goes to the doctor. It is important to point out that none of these involved my regular doctor, actually an FNP. I have never had a problem with the care I receive form my provider. What happens when you go to a specialist, does your doctor go with you to make sure they don't make a mistake?
The system is so flawed, that you are literally at the mercy of the doctors. If they make a mistake, no one is going to come forward and admit it. How many people are taking medications they should not be taking, simply because the doctor is playing golf with the pharmacy rep? How many unnecessary procedures are being done, just so the doctor can pay for that little cabin he bought in Gatlinburg?
Anyone who is reading this, I would guess, has had similar experiences. We are among the lucky ones, their mistakes didn't kill us. What about the ones who weren't so lucky, did anyone ask why they died? Did the Medical Board ask the doctor what happened? This is a reality, that we have to face in todays society. Good luck!
Thursday, February 27, 2014
Tuesday, February 11, 2014
Beverly Speroff, Todd Davis and the NCDHHS. Lies and corruption run rampant !!!!
I have been going through the records of the investigation of Hendersonville Health and Rehabilitation, regarding the complaint I filed against them with NCDHHS. I have been finding so many conflicts in their own records, that I called them. I spoke to Todd Davis, the current Western Regional Director of Department of Health Service Regulations. I called him to ask if he would meet with me to discuss the discrepancies in their report.
He immediately took a defensive position, and even chuckled at the fact that I would call and question their investigation. Then I realized that he was the lead investigator. It was his report that I was calling about! He said that since the investigation was done so long ago, that he would have to consult with his supervisor. I told him that I only wanted clarification on some of the key points of the report.
Today I received a letter from Beverly Speroff, the Nursing Home Licensing and Certification Section Chief. Her letter stated that since the investigation was done on January 18 - 19 2012, and Physician Advisor reviews were done in March 2012, They would not be able to honor my request.
Ms. Speroff goes on to say that since that time, they have completed two recertification reviews on Hendersonville Health and Rehabilitation. After a recertification survey has been completed, they are not able to cite deficiencies prior to the date of the survey.
It took almost an act of Congress to get the survey from the Freedom of Information Act. I did not receive them till late in the year 2013. How convenient is it that it takes so long to get the information, that after you get it, it is to late to do anything. the system is definitely on the side of the wealthy nursing home owners. What a surprise!
All this may not seem very important, till you realize that the other agencies I contacted, relied on the NCDHHS report to decide whether anything went wrong or not. The NCDHHS report kept the NC State Medical Examiners office from doing an autopsy. It also kept all the other agencies from looking any further.
The most important document is a late entry nurses note filed by Lara Mooney LPN. It concerns the night Mom fell. I have a sworn statement from Moms roommate at the time that tells a different story than nurse Money. I have been going through these papers for over two years. The other night I noticed that nurse Mooneys, report was faxed somewhere on December 2, 2011. The date of the late entry was Dec. 1, 2011. The investigation states that the date is wrong, because they would not wait a month to do a late entry. There is nothing to prove when the late entry was actually done, except the date on the actual form. December 1, 2011.
Being suspicious of the NCDHHS, I looked through my hand written notes. I had contacted the NC State Medical examiners office several times with no satisfaction. Then I mentioned the fall, to a Hillary Sheaves with the NC State Medical Examiners Office, she stopped me and asked if I said fall. Ms. Sheaves then proceed to tell me that they would get the report of the fall, and consider an autopsy. The date of that call was November 30, 2011, I remember where I was when I made that call, and it was late in the afternoon.
Is it a coincidence, that the nurses late entry was dated December 1. Is it also a coincidence, that the same report says that Mom, pulled her alarm off and slid to the floor, before nurse Mooney could get to her. I can assure you, that if nurse Mooney had been in the doorway as she stated, all she would have had to do was speak to Mom, and she wouldn't have gotten out of bed.
This bogus nurses note, fraudulently written by nurse Mooney, was what kept the State Medical Examiner from doing an autopsy. The same late entry nurses note, was simply dismissed by the NCDHHS, simply because " they wouldn't wait a month to do a late entry ". Nothing to prove when the note was written, just an opinion. The opinion of one Todd Davis, now the Western Regional Director of the NCDHHS. I guess if you look the other way, you get a nice promotion, like Todd Davis did.
The NCDHHS is no stranger to corruption, and this case is no exception. It sure looks like corruption to me, if not, why would they not explain their investigation? That is what I asked them to do.
I guess if I had quit my job, and spent every waking hour, trying to get this information, things would be different. Fortunately for Hendersonville Health and Rehabilitation, and the NCDHHS, I could not afford to do so. I will continue to pursue the truth, regardless of being shot down at every turn by the NCDHHS.
He immediately took a defensive position, and even chuckled at the fact that I would call and question their investigation. Then I realized that he was the lead investigator. It was his report that I was calling about! He said that since the investigation was done so long ago, that he would have to consult with his supervisor. I told him that I only wanted clarification on some of the key points of the report.
Today I received a letter from Beverly Speroff, the Nursing Home Licensing and Certification Section Chief. Her letter stated that since the investigation was done on January 18 - 19 2012, and Physician Advisor reviews were done in March 2012, They would not be able to honor my request.
Ms. Speroff goes on to say that since that time, they have completed two recertification reviews on Hendersonville Health and Rehabilitation. After a recertification survey has been completed, they are not able to cite deficiencies prior to the date of the survey.
It took almost an act of Congress to get the survey from the Freedom of Information Act. I did not receive them till late in the year 2013. How convenient is it that it takes so long to get the information, that after you get it, it is to late to do anything. the system is definitely on the side of the wealthy nursing home owners. What a surprise!
All this may not seem very important, till you realize that the other agencies I contacted, relied on the NCDHHS report to decide whether anything went wrong or not. The NCDHHS report kept the NC State Medical Examiners office from doing an autopsy. It also kept all the other agencies from looking any further.
The most important document is a late entry nurses note filed by Lara Mooney LPN. It concerns the night Mom fell. I have a sworn statement from Moms roommate at the time that tells a different story than nurse Money. I have been going through these papers for over two years. The other night I noticed that nurse Mooneys, report was faxed somewhere on December 2, 2011. The date of the late entry was Dec. 1, 2011. The investigation states that the date is wrong, because they would not wait a month to do a late entry. There is nothing to prove when the late entry was actually done, except the date on the actual form. December 1, 2011.
Being suspicious of the NCDHHS, I looked through my hand written notes. I had contacted the NC State Medical examiners office several times with no satisfaction. Then I mentioned the fall, to a Hillary Sheaves with the NC State Medical Examiners Office, she stopped me and asked if I said fall. Ms. Sheaves then proceed to tell me that they would get the report of the fall, and consider an autopsy. The date of that call was November 30, 2011, I remember where I was when I made that call, and it was late in the afternoon.
Is it a coincidence, that the nurses late entry was dated December 1. Is it also a coincidence, that the same report says that Mom, pulled her alarm off and slid to the floor, before nurse Mooney could get to her. I can assure you, that if nurse Mooney had been in the doorway as she stated, all she would have had to do was speak to Mom, and she wouldn't have gotten out of bed.
This bogus nurses note, fraudulently written by nurse Mooney, was what kept the State Medical Examiner from doing an autopsy. The same late entry nurses note, was simply dismissed by the NCDHHS, simply because " they wouldn't wait a month to do a late entry ". Nothing to prove when the note was written, just an opinion. The opinion of one Todd Davis, now the Western Regional Director of the NCDHHS. I guess if you look the other way, you get a nice promotion, like Todd Davis did.
The NCDHHS is no stranger to corruption, and this case is no exception. It sure looks like corruption to me, if not, why would they not explain their investigation? That is what I asked them to do.
I guess if I had quit my job, and spent every waking hour, trying to get this information, things would be different. Fortunately for Hendersonville Health and Rehabilitation, and the NCDHHS, I could not afford to do so. I will continue to pursue the truth, regardless of being shot down at every turn by the NCDHHS.
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