Florida: Facility Owner gets 20 Years for $1B Medicare Fraud
A federal district judge sentenced Philip Esformes, 50, a south Florida healthcare facility owner to 20 years in prison after being found guilty in the largest healthcare fraud scheme charged…
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Temple University Health System Suffers Hacking Attack
Hackers disrupted Temple University Health System’s computer systems in late August, disabling the North Philadelphia healthcare provider’s email, patient scheduling and other functions.
Read More »Vietnam Vet Dies after Mass Ant Attack in Nursing Home Bed
A Vietnam War veteran was bitten more than 100 times all over his body by ants while he lay in poor health in his bed on the campus of an Atlanta Veteran Affairs hospital…
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Hospitals start addressing patients’ ‘egregious’ behavior
At Mayo Clinic last year, a male patient groped a female doctor in the presence of several other staff members.
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Medical Devices Very Vulnerable to Hacking, FDA Experts Warn
Many people do not realize the cybersecurity risks associated with common medical devices, such as insulin pumps and pacemakers, but these medical devices can be prone to hacking and to…
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Nursing Homes Are a Breeding Ground for a Fatal Fungus
Maria Davila lay mute in a nursing home bed, an anguished expression fixed to her face, as her husband stroked her withered hand.
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Nurses say director discriminated against non-Filipino nurses
The Filipino nurses’ director at a county owned nursing home in New Jersey discriminated against non-Filipino nurses by docking pay, wielding discipline unfairly, and offering Filipino nurses better schedules, four…
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Lexington Treatment Centers LLC Pays $110,000 to Settle EEOC Racial Harassment Lawsuit
Treatment Centers, LLC, doing business as Lexington Treatment Associates, a Delaware-based limited liability company that owns and operates methadone clinics in North Carolina, will pay a total of $110,000 and…
Read More »Nurse sues Baptist Memorial Hospital after Alleged Patient Assault
Baptist Memorial Hospital is being sued by a nurse who claims they didn’t protect her from a violent patient last summer.
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Microbial Contamination Causes Plastikon Healthcare Milk of Magnesia Recall
Lawrence, KS, Plastikon Healthcare, LLC is voluntarily recalling Milk of Magnesia 2400 mg/30 mL Oral Suspension, lots 19027D and 19027E, to the patient level. Plastikon Healthcare initiated this recall because…
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