Attorney General Anthony G. Brown today announced a $200,000 settlement with Granite Md Opco D/B/A Patapsco Healthcare (“Patapsco”) to settle allegations that Patapsco violated the Maryland False Health Claims Act by providing substandard care to residents at the facility. The settlement includes $100,000 paid by Patapsco to fund a quality improvement plan in which the Office of Attorney General will oversee the facility for four years through regular performance evaluations from a third-party monitoring company. It also includes $100,000 in restitution to the state’s Medicaid program.​

“When nursing facilities fail to prevent worsening wounds, repeated preventable falls, or opioid overdoses, these aren’t isolated mistakes – they’re symptoms of systemic failures that hurt Maryland’s most vulnerable,” said Attorney General Brown. “Our Strike Force approach empowers multiple State agencies to provide immediate help to residents in crisis while simultaneously securing years of independent monitoring to fix the broken systems that put them at risk.”