Louisiana health officials announced yesterday that they are revoking Bob Dean’s seven nursing home licenses after he evacuated more than 800 nursing home residents to a Tangipahoa Parish warehouse for Hurricane Ida, which resulted in seven deaths as conditions grew increasingly worse over a period of days after the storm’s passage.
The action by the Louisiana Department of Health comes just three days after the department ordered the immediate but temporary closure of Dean’s nursing homes, which are empty of residents.
The agency also announced Tuesday that it will be terminating Medicaid provider agreements with Dean’s nursing homes.
Dean said he had a deal to sell all seven nursing homes that he expected would close in a month. The licenses alone could be worth $1 million per building, based on prices quoted by potential buyers.
