New Jersey nursing assistant charged in death of nursing home patient
A certified nursing assistant from Bloomfield faces a reckless manslaughter charge after she allegedly lied about an injury to an 85-year-old nursing home patient that proved to be fatal.
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Kansas nursing home employee sentenced for stealing $10K in rings from patient
A certified nursing assistant who pleaded guilty to stealing nearly $10,000 in jewelry from a 99-year-old dementia patient while she slept at an Overland Park nursing home will spend a…
Read More »North Carolina nursing home aide pinched, ‘smacked’ disabled patients
An Asheville nursing home aide pinched and struck patients in the face, according to arrest records.
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Elder Caregiver Sentenced to 30 Months in Prison for Defrauding 92-Year-Old
Tucson, Arizona – On August 14, 2019, U.S. District Court Judge Rosemary Márquez sentenced Margaret Gastelum to 30 months in prison for defrauding a 92-year-old homebound-victim. The court also ordered…
Read More »Connecticut enacts expansive sexual harassment prevention measures
Connecticut has joined New York, New Jersey, and several other states in adopting measures to combat sexual harassment in the workplace.
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CDC releases free online infection-prevention training
The CDC released three new online courses in infection prevention developed by a team led by the American Hospital Association’s Health Research & Educational Trust.
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North Carolina Transportation Company Sentenced For Healthcare Fraud
A Greensboro-based medical transport company was sentenced in federal court for healthcare fraud. Gate City Transportation, Inc. was ordered to pay a $100 fine, a $400 special assessment, and restitution…
Read More »Owner of New York Medical Transportation Companies Pleads Guilty to Healthcare Fraud
Albany, New York — Waqas Nauman, age 37, of Queensbury, New York, pled guilty to defrauding Medicaid. Nauman admitted to fraudulent Medicaid billing practices connected to two medical transportation companies…
Read More »Ex-Nebraska Medicaid administrator sentenced to prison
A former state Medicaid audit administrator who bilked the program and his 85-year-old father of nearly $300,000 got 16 months in federal prison for it Thursday.
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Seventy-three employees of Florida healthcare system fall victim to email phishing attack
As many as 73 employees at NCH Healthcare System fell victim to an email phishing scam.
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