The Princess Anne Health & Rehabilitation Center notified its residents that the facility will be closing on Oct. 5 after losing its certification for failure to meet federal healthcare standards, according to a letter obtained by News 3.
Tyler Layne, an investigative reporter from WTKR’s sister station in Richmond, WTVR, discovered the nursing home received notice that its Medicare and Medicaid provider agreements were terminated on Aug. 27 due to a series of alleged violations. Some of the violations the nursing home is accused of led to residents being hospitalized.
It was the first time in at least the last three years that a Virginia nursing home has become federally decertified, according to the state Medicaid agency, and it’s a measure that the government views as a “last resort” when problems persist at a facility without remedy…