CMS Announces Nursing Home Data and Care Compare Updates
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that updated nursing home guides for consumers will be posted on the Medicare.gov Care Compare website on July 31, 2024. The…
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Las Vegas Business Owner Sentenced to Prison for Submitting over $700K in Fraudulent Invoices to Hospital
A Las Vegas business owner was sentenced on July 2, 2024, to 21 months in prison for submitting over $700,000 in false invoices to a hospital, causing the hospital to…
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Florida Nursing Home Accused of Negligence Leading to Resident’s Death
A tragic case has emerged from Palm Beach County, Florida, where a nursing home is accused of negligence leading to the death of a resident.
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Nursing Home Cited for Failing to Protect Residents from Sexual Abuse
A central Iowa nursing home that has been cited six times in one year for insufficient staffing has now been cited for failing to protect residents from sexual abuse.
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New York Assisted-Living Nurse Arrested, Accused of Smoking Pipe in Resident’s Room
A nurse at an assisted living facility in Clermont County is facing charges, accused of smoking a pipe in one of the resident’s rooms.
Read More »HIPAA Security Rule Failures Leads to $950,000 Settlement
On July 1, 2024, the US Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced a settlement with a health system operating in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and…
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NY AG Announces Arrest of Transportation Company Owner for Stealing over $1 Million from Medicaid
New York Attorney General Letitia James today announced the arrest of David Moore of Tompkins County, who through his company ASAP 2, allegedly stole over $1 million from Medicaid by…
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Nursing Homes Falling Farther Behind on Vaccinating Patients for COVID
It seems that no one is taking COVID-19 seriously anymore, said Mollee Loveland, a nursing home aide who lives outside of Pittsburgh, and who worries about bringing COVID home and…
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DOL Finds VA Healthcare System again Failed to Protect Employees from Serious, Potentially Deadly Patient Violence
For the second time in four years, federal investigators have determined a Prescott veterans’ medical center failed to protect healthcare workers from unit residents who kicked, bit, struck, punched, slapped…
Read More »Two Florida Women Indicted for Patient Referral Kickback Scheme
Two Florida women face charges related to a patient referral kickback scheme, according to an indictment announced by the US Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Florida on July…
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