‘Keeper’ facilities:
1. Eastman, Ga., Health and Rehab2. Edwards Redeemer, Oklahoma City, Okla.3. Mt. Pleasant Health Care and Rehab, Mt. Pleasant, Tenn.4. Oceanside, Tybee Island, Ga.5. Pinewood Nursing Center, Whigham, Ga.6. Savannah Beach Nursing and Rehab, Tybee Island, Ga.7. Midway, Ga., Woodlands Health Care‘Non-keeper’ facilities:1. Abbeville, Ga., Health and Rehab. Due to close March 312. Jeffersonville, Ga. – Jeffersonville Health & Rehab Due to close early MarchClosed, new operator and/or lost Medicaid and Medicare payments3. Warren, Ohio – Cedarcreek Health Care. Closed Feb. 20, 20164. Youngstown, Ohio – Campus Health Care Closed Jan. 29, 20165. Limestone, Tenn. – John Reed Healthcare and Rehab; lost 40 of 43 residents6. Macon, Ga. – Goodwill Health and Rehab Closed Jan. 20, 20167. Rockmart, Ga. — Rockmart Nursing and Rehab Closed Jan. 20, 20168. Lonoke, Ark. – Red Oak Nursing and Rehabilitation Closed Dec. 28, 2015Source: New Beginnings’ bankruptcy court filings
Trent Tolbert paid himself $36,000 a month at New Beginnings Care LLC, the Hixson-based nursing home business he co-founded in 2011, and drove a company-financed Porsche, according to court documents.
But it was New Beginnings’ reputation that impressed the board at John M. Reed Nursing Home in Limestone, Tenn., near Johnson City, a 52-year-old nonprofit founded by the Church of the Brethren.
“They were highly recommended,” said Jim Wheeler, the attorney for John M. Reed Nursing Home, which hired New Beginnings in April 2013 as its operator. “They stressed quality of care in the vetting process that we did. At that point, they appeared to be financially very sound. Initially they were doing a good job.”
Soon, though, local vendors complained they weren’t getting paid, Wheeler said. The water and the power bills went past due, he said, and state bed taxes weren’t remitted.