Genesis Healthcare, Inc.

The EEOC has sued Genesis Healthcare multiple times for disability discrimination under the ADA. In September 2020, the EEOC sued Genesis Healthcare LLC, d/b/a Mount Olive Care & Rehabilitation Center in North Carolina, for firing Margaret Washington, a cook and dietary aide hired in June 2013 who had a physical impairment limiting use of the left side of her body — despite her ability to perform her job duties. In a separate action, the EEOC sued Genesis Healthcare for refusing to hire Stefan Denisiuk, a deaf applicant, at its Holly Manor Center in New Jersey after initially offering him two part-time food service positions and then grilling him about his ability to communicate in a second interview. The DOJ also investigated Genesis Healthcare facilities for refusing admission to individuals being treated with buprenorphine or methadone for opioid use disorder — individuals who are generally considered disabled under federal civil rights laws. The pattern of disability discrimination spans hiring, firing, and patient admission across multiple states and facilities.

Genesis Healthcare paid $53.6M (June 2017) to resolve six federal False Claims Act lawsuits involving medically unnecessary therapy and hospice services across acquired subsidiaries. From 2003-2013, the companies billed Medicare, TRICARE, and Medicaid for: (1) hospice services for patients who were not terminally ill (2010-2013); (2) rehabilitation therapy provided longer than medically necessary or billed for more minutes than delivered (2005-2013); and (3) nursing care so grossly substandard as to be worthless (2003-2010). Seven former employees filed whistleblower complaints exposing the fraud.