Employee’s loss of thumb drive imperils data at Nevada health provider
Renown Health is mailing breach notification letters to some patients after an employee in late June lost a thumb drive holding protected health information.
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kentucky Man Sentenced for Role in Healthcare Fraud Conspiracy
Samuel L. Ford, 40, was sentenced to 24 months in federal prison and 36 months of supervised release, for his role in submitting fraudulent claims for urine drug testing to…
Read More »Ohio woman accused of elderly patient abuse to appear for final pretrial hearing
A Dayton woman is scheduled to appear for a final pretrial hearing on charges of abusing a 90-year-old woman in her care, according to court documents.
Read More »Illinois nursing home employees taunted resident, posted video to Snapchat
The daughter of a north suburban nursing home resident has filed a lawsuit against the facility, alleging that two staff members taunted and degraded her mother, all the while recording…
Read More »VA cuts off Van Nuys assisted living home
Federal officials pulled veterans from a Van Nuys assisted living home after finding that the facility had reported a social worker visiting a veteran who had been dead for four…
Read More »Florida nursing home workers accused of abusing 85-year-old patient
Two nursing assistants who worked at the Macclenny Nursing and Rehab Center have been arrested after they were accused of abusing an elderly patient, according to an arrest report from…
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Medicare Advantage Provider and Physician to Pay $5 Million to Settle False Claims Act Allegations
Beaver Medical Group L.P. (Beaver) and one of its physicians, Dr. Sherif Khalil, have agreed to pay a total of $5,039,180 to resolve allegations that they reported invalid diagnoses to…
Read More »CT nursing home patient given 10 times more morphine than prescribed
Seven Connecticut nursing homes have been fined by the state Department of Public Health for lapses in care that endangered or hurt residents.
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Fire truck falls through parking deck at Chicago nursing home
A fire truck crashed through a parking deck at the Symphony of South Shore nursing home when the engine and an ambulance responded to an emergency there.
Read More »Caretaker Accused of Stealing Thousands from Holocaust Survivor
A nurse is accused of scamming an elderly Pinecrest man and his Holocaust survivor wife out of thousands of dollars over a period of several years.
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