Nine months after Hurricane Ida the inspector general for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced that Louisiana nursing homeowner Bob Dean has been excluded from participation in federal health care programs due to his ownership interest in seven Louisiana nursing homes.
The action follows what unfolded in Tangipahoa Parish when over 800 nursing home residents were evacuated to a warehouse there in the wake of Ida and there were complaints about deplorable conditions causing the Louisiana Department of Health to rescue the residents.
In its press release, HHS’ IG wrote, “The Louisiana Department of Health revoked the facilities’ licenses to operate as nursing homes due to multiple violations of state law that left seven residents dead and hundreds of others neglected and vulnerable following Hurricane Ida in August 2021. As a result, OIG has excluded the nursing homes and their owner.”
