Nursing home in Augusta losing Medicare and Medicaid contracts

The federal government has ended its relationship with a nursing home in Augusta, effectively shutting it down.

Officials say The Place at Augusta neglected residents there.

The federal government last year had named the nursing home as one of the worst in the country, and will now terminate Medicare and Medicaid payments to it, effective Saturday.

Three of nation's worst nursing homes are in Georgia

The federal government has put out its list of America’s worst nursing homes. Three are in Georgia. They are - Laurel Baye Healthcare of Lake Lanier, in Buford; The Place at Augusta, in Augusta; and Shoreham at Marietta, in Marietta. The list is published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.