Woman Arrested for Posing as Registered Nurse in Ohio Nursing Home
A 30-year-old woman was recently arrested and accused of posing as a registered nurse in order to work in a nursing home. She appeared before a judge via video for…
Read More »Family Sues Connecticut Hospital and Two Physicians over Suicide Death of Patient
A wrongful death lawsuit seeking unspecified damages in excess of $15,000 was recently filed by the family of a patient who committed suicide on March 25, 2019, in a Connecticut…
Read More »Pennsylvania Nursing Home Chain Settles DOJ Allegations of Inappropriate Therapy for $15.5 Million
A US Attorney recently announced that a Pennsylvania nursing home chain will pay $15,466,278 to settle Department of Justice (DOJ) claims that it provided medically unnecessary rehabilitation therapy to residents…
Read More »Mexican Citizen Sentenced to 26 Months for Misuse of a Social Security Number and Aggravated Identity Theft
A 69-year-old man from Mexico recently pleaded guilty and was sentenced to time served (26 months) after being arrested in 2017 and indicted for illegal re-entry and identity theft. He…
Read More »Co-Conspirator with Owner of Illinois Home Health Company Found Guilty in $7 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme
A federal jury recently found a Chicago woman guilty of one count of conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud and wire fraud related to her role in a scheme to defraud…
Read More »Residents in Texas Nursing Home Evacuated with Some Hospitalized After Exposure to Carbon Monoxide
The city’s fire department was called and dispatched to a Texas nursing home around 11 a.m. in early February to investigate potential presence of carbon monoxide. Prior to calling the…
Read More »Multiple Texas Nursing Homes Found Deficient in Emergency Preparedness and Life Safety
The Office of Inspector General (OIG) recently reported finding 18 of the 20 Texas nursing homes involved in its onsite inspections to be deficient in the areas of emergency preparedness…
Read More »Family of Resident in Pennsylvania Senior Living Center Sues Facility for Dumping Resident and Causing His Death
The family of a New Jersey man who was a resident in a Pennsylvania senior living center has filed a lawsuit charging the facility with negligence and wrongful death. In…
Read More »New York Nursing Home Fined $20,580 after Wheelchair-Bound Resident Elopes Unnoticed
Federal authorities recently fined a New York nursing home $20,580 after a cognitively impaired wheelchair-bound woman with a history of wandering eloped unnoticed from the facility. Based on the New…
Read More »New York Medical Transportation Company Admits Defrauding Medicaid
A US attorney recently announced the guilty plea received from the owner of a taxi and limousine company for conspiring to defraud Medicaid. The accused man admitted to committing several…
Read More »