New York Attorney General Letitia James announced that her office has secured a major settlement with Fulton Commons Care Center, Inc. (Fulton Commons), a nursing home in East Meadow, Nassau County that will require its owners and operator to pay up to $8.6 million and install monitors to reform the nursing home’s healthcare and financial operations after years of financial fraud and resident mistreatment. The Office of the Attorney General (OAG) launched an investigation into Fulton Commons in 2018 that exposed longstanding resident neglect, abuse, mistreatment, and financial fraud. Fulton Commons will now be controlled in part by an independent healthcare monitor, who will mandate reforms to improve resident care, such as hiring more staff.
The OAG is also installing an independent financial monitor to audit Fulton Commons’ spending and prevent the fraudulent financial transactions its owners engaged in. The owners and operator of Fulton Commons will pay up to $7 million into a fund to implement the required reforms to ensure the safety of its residents, and pay an additional $1.6 million in restitution to Medicaid and Medicare for the funds they illegally diverted. Attorney General James also secured the guilty plea and sentencing of the Fulton Commons corporation for criminal acts relating to covering up reports of sexual assaults against residents in 2020 and 2022. Fulton Commons was sentenced to a fine of $5,000 and ordered to fully comply with conditions imposed by OAG.
