Northview Village, St. Louis’ largest skilled nursing facility, made headlines in the New York Times , Washington Post and other national media when it closed abruptly in mid-December.
The frantic transfer of 174 residents — many with only the clothes on their backs — to other care centers in the middle of the night led to emotional breakdowns, the disappearance for days of some residents and heart-wrenching efforts by family members to reunite with loved ones.
That’s according to the first official look at the events preceding and following Northview Village’s sudden closure on the evening of December 15.
The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services’ Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued a scathing 59-page report today that found fault with the facility’s top administrators. The report was based on extensive interviews with nursing home administrator Sherry Brockmeier, other staffers and Matt Furgerson, the chief financial officer of Healthcare Accounting Services, which operated Northview Village.