EEOC Releases Final Guidance to Prevent Harassment in the Workplace
On April 29, 2024, the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) published final guidance on harassment in the workplace. The document, titled “Enforcement Guidance on Harassment in the Workplace,” builds…
Read More »California Nursing Home Chain and Executives Settle $7M False Claims Allegations
The United States and the State of California have reached a $7,084,000 civil settlement with a California-based nursing home chain and two corporate executives. The allegations involve knowingly submitting false…
Read More »Arkansas Woman Arrested for Using False Credentials to Work as a Nurse
A 55-year-old woman residing in Bella Vista, Arkansas, was arrested on April 25, 2024, under allegations of impersonating another individual to secure healthcare jobs. Despite lacking a valid license or…
Read More »Iowa Nursing Home Fined for Not Properly Reporting Resident’s Change of Condition
An Iowa nursing home was recently fined after state regulators said it failed to properly report a resident’s worsening health. The facility was fined $325 after state inspectors discovered that…
Read More »Tennessee Nursing Home Overcharged Residents More Than $250K
According to an investigation conducted by the Tennessee Comptroller’s office, a nursing home in Knoxville owes more than $250,000 to former residents, their representatives, and the state of Tennessee due…
Read More »Leader of Black-Market HIV Medication Fraud Scheme Receives Nine Year Prison Sentence
Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced on April 17, 2024, that a 47-year-old Brooklyn man was sentenced to nine years in prison…
Read More »CMS Sets New Minimum Staffing Standards for Long-Term Care Facilities
On April 22, 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued the Minimum Staffing Standards for Long-Term Care (LTC) Facilities and Medicaid Institutional Payment Transparency Reporting final rule….
Read More »Two Physicians Sentenced for $4M Fraudulent Urine Drug Testing Scheme
The owner and the medical director of a Kentucky pain clinic were recently sentenced for their respective roles in a scheme that defrauded Medicare, Medicaid, and commercial insurance companies of…
Read More »North Dakota Hospital to Pay $45,000 in EEOC Retaliation Lawsuit
A critical access hospital in Elgin, North Dakota, will pay $45,000 and provide other relief to settle a US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) retaliation lawsuit, the federal agency announced…
Read More »Recent Evacuations at Senior Living Facilities: Water Main Break and Carbon Monoxide Leak
Dozens of residents at a Pennsylvania assisted living facility were evacuated due to a water main break on April 13, 2024. The facility contacted police after discovering the break just…
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