New Beginnings facilities
Limestone, Tenn. – John Reed Healthcare and RehabLonoke, Ark. – Red Oak Nursing and RehabilitationAbbeville, Ga. – Abbeville Healthcare & RehabEastman, Ga. – Eastman Healthcare & RehabJeffersonville, Ga. – Jeffersonville Health & RehabMacon, Ga. – Goodwill Health and RehabMidway, Ga. – Woodlands Health CareTybee Island. Ga. – OceansideTybee Island. Ga. – Savannah Beach Nursing & Rehab CenterWhigham, Ga. – Pinewood Nursing CenterWarren, Oh. – Cedarcreek Health CareYoungstown, Oh. – Campus Health CareOklahoma City, Ok. – Edwards Redeemer
New Beginnings Care, a Hixson-based business that operated nursing homes in five states, has declared bankruptcy after government regulators cited patient neglect and cut off federal payments at some of the company’s facilities.
State and federal investigators found conditions were bad enough to shut down nursing homes it ran in Ohio and Georgia and remove all the Medicare and Medicaid patients from a nursing home in eastern Tennessee.
“They’ve left a lot of people in bad situations: patients, staff and owners of the facilities,” said Jim Wheeler, the attorney who represents the nonprofit board that owns the John M. Reed Nursing Home in Limestone, Tenn., near Johnson City.
Debbie Jones, CEO at New Beginnings Care, declined to comment Monday. The company filed a Chapter 11 petition to reorganize its finances under bankruptcy court protection in Chattanooga.