1. Kickbacks – Long Term Care Pharmacy: United States Department of Justice, by way of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Virginia, filed a civil False Claims Act complaint against Omnicare Inc. alleging that it solicited and received millions of dollars in kickbacks from pharmaceutical manufacturer Abbot Laboratories.
1. “Cheat Sheets” used by nursing staff to access resident’s DNR/code status – Minnesota Department of Health investigators found neglect on the part of a Pioneer Care facility located in Fergus Falls, MN in an incident involving a resident who died without being given CPR. The state investigation finding of neglect was based partly on the facility’s informal system or “cheat sheet” maintained by the nursing staff to access each resident’s advance directive choice or “code status”.
