IA Nurse Guilty of Drug Theft and Tampering
Katie Louise Boll, age 31, from Manchester, Iowa, a nurse who took hydrocodone and morphine from patients, pleaded guilty September 3 in federal court in Cedar Rapids. Boll was convicted…
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WV Man Guilty of Illegally Accessing Veterans’ Medical Records
A Huntington man pled guilty to illegally accessing the medical records of six veterans, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Jeffrey Miller, 39, an employee of the Veterans Benefits Administration…
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AZ Woman with Revoked Nursing License Guilty of Fraud
Chandler, AZ — A woman with a revoked nursing license who was caught using fake documents to get a real license has been sentenced. Laura Lynn Bell was sentenced on…
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WA Nurse Wins $260,000 Judgment over Domestic Violence Leave
A Spokane nurse has won a $260,000 judgment against the former owners of Deaconess Hospital after she lost her job in 2015 following her denied request for paid leave because…
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Illinois Home Residents Hospitalized with Legionnaires’ Disease
Kane County Health officials are investigating the source of a Legionnaires’ disease outbreak that has sent four residents of a Batavia retirement community to the hospital.
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Home Healthcare Owner Guilty of Defrauding Georgia Medicaid
Diandra Bankhead, the owner and operator of Elite Homecare (“Elite”), an Atlanta-based home healthcare provider, has pleaded guilty to defrauding Medicaid by submitting thousands of fraudulent claims for services that…
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CA Nursing Assistant Arrested after Patient Alleges Sexual Assault
Peter Dunne, a 46-year-old certified nursing assistant, was arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a female patient.
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Medical Director: Sanford Forced Resignation after She Noted Security Concerns
A former medical director for Sanford Health says she was forced to resign after supervisors retaliated against her when she complained about lax security.
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New ‘Digest of EEO Law’ Issued by EEOC
The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced the newest edition of its federal sector Digest of Equal Employment Opportunity Law (EEO Digest), which is now available on the EEOC’s website.
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IA Nurse Imprisoned for Stealing Medication from Elderly Patients
Lacey Staveley, 36, an Iowa licensed practical nurse (LPN) who stole pain medications from her elderly and vulnerable patients at two Waterloo-area nursing homes, was sentenced August 29, 2019, to…
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