Ohio-based nursing home chain CommuniCare Family of Companies will pay $400,000 and one of their Maryland nursing homes will be subject to independent oversight for three years. This arrangement, the result of an extensive investigation by the Office of Attorney General, addresses allegations that the company violated the Maryland False Health Claims Act by providing substandard care to hundreds of residents at the Ellicott City Healthcare Center, a nursing home in Ellicott City, Maryland. Source: Maryland Attorney General