To keep nursing homes honest, open their books Mineola, L.I.: On March 4, New York State Attorney General Letitia James announced an $8.6 million settlement with Fulton Commons Nursing Home and its owner, Moshe Kalter, resulting from years of financial fraud and blatant violations of the New York State Public Health Law. This case is another example of why the state Legislature must pass broad financial transparency statutes that require nursing homes to make public all spending that the facility engages in. Most if not all funding for nursing homes in the state comes from Medicaid and Medicare. Many facilities...