@new_england_unfiltered: TapestryHealth, a nursing-home telehealth company founded by Stratford Mayor David Chess, and ten affiliates filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on November 6. Federal authorities are investigating possible false Medicare claims involving chronic care, remote monitoring and behavioral health services. Prosecutors have sought court intervention to obtain records from affiliated companies. Medicare payments were suspended during the review. TapestryHealth disputes the allegations and is challenging the payment holds in court. But the impact on patients is no longer hypothetical. According to bankruptcy filings summarized by Bondoro, the company discontinued services for approximately 50,000 Medicare patients and cut its workforce by about 79% between August and October. FIFTY THOUSAND PATIENTS. NEARLY FOUR-FIFTHS OF ITS WORKFORCE. Chess says he left management and clinical duties four years ago but remains board chairman. He says TapestryHealth continues operating and Chapter 11 is intended to protect employees and nursing home residents. The investigation is not proof of fraud. No wrongdoing by Chess has been established. But who is accounting for the patients? Were those whose services ended transferred to other providers? Were nursing facilities notified? Who is ensuring remaining patients receive uninterrupted care? And what oversight did the board exercise as Medicare payments stopped and the company approached bankruptcy? His role as board chairman warrants scrutiny of corporate oversight, not assumptions of guilt. Older, medically vulnerable people cannot afford to become collateral damage in a dispute over Medicare payments. BEFORE ANYONE DECLARES THE BUSINESS SAVED, ACCOUNT FOR THE PATIENTS. Sources: CT Post; Town of Stratford; Bondoro, Nov. 2026. #connecticut #stratfordct #medicare #healthcareaccountability #nursinghomes

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