Owner of Durable Medical Equipment Company Admits Participation in Kickback-Telemedicine Fraud Scheme
A Florida man is one of 26 charged in telemedicine-kickback fraud in the U.S. Southern District alleged to be in the millions of dollars. The man was the owner of…
Read More »Utah Nursing Home Resident Dies in Van Waiting for COVID-19 Test
A 71-year-old Utah nursing home resident was found dead after waiting in a drive-through line to be tested for COVID-19 at an area healthcare clinic’s parking lot. He was accompanied…
Read More »Oregon Nursing Home Experienced Catastrophic COVID-19 Outbreak
Although nursing home regulators were warned about the potential for the Coronavirus to decimate one of the state’s nursing homes, they did not take immediate action to intervene. An investigation…
Read More »Residents and Staff in Maine Nursing Home Evacuated for Second Time Due to Strong Propane Odor
For the second time since March 5, residents and staff of a Maine nursing home have been evacuated due to a strong propane gas smell. Propane has an additive in…
Read More »New CDC Analysis Determined Repeat Testing and Infection Control Support Reduced COVID-19 Rate in Nursing Homes
A significant reduction in the rate of new COVID-19 positive test results in Detroit Michigan nursing homes from 35% to 18% is being attributed by the Centers for Disease Control…
Read More »Maintenance Employee Charged in Sexual Assault of New Jersey Senior Living Center Resident
A 61-year-old maintenance technician has been arrested and charged with the second-degree sexual assault and fourth-degree criminal sexual contact of an 82-year-old female resident in a New Jersey senior living…
Read More »Iowa Couple Used Powers of Attorney to Steal over $200,000 from Man’s Elderly Mother
A married Iowa couple recently was sentenced to two years in federal prison after they each pled guilty to charges that they stole more than $200,000 from the man’s elderly…
Read More »New Jersey Nursing Home Where 26 Residents Died Issues Apology for Posting “We beat COVID-19” Sign
Family members of residents in a New Jersey nursing home who died from COVID-19 expressed outrage and said they were appalled at a sign the facility recently posted that declared,…
Read More »Virginia Nursing Home Failed to Separate COVID-19 Positive Residents from Non-Infected Residents
Failure to separate residents with COVID-19 from those without the virus resulted in placing residents in immediate jeopardy according to findings from inspectors making an unannounced COVID-19 Focused Survey between…
Read More »Arkansas Nursing Homes Preparing to Allow Visitors
Arkansas and many other states are preparing or have already started to allow visitation of nursing home residents, albeit outdoors and under strict guidelines. In retrospect, some analysts believe that…
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