EEOC Sues Nursing Home for Sexual Harassment, Disability Discrimination, and Retaliation
An Illinois nursing home violated federal laws by subjecting a licensed practical nurse (LPN) to sexual harassment by a supervisor, failing to accommodate a short medical leave of absence, and…
Read More »CMS Data Breach Exposes PHI of 950,000 Medicare Beneficiaries
On September 6, 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a data breach affecting individuals’ protected health information (PHI) and personally identifiable information (PII). This breach involved…
Read More »Legionnaires’ Disease Outbreak at Assisted Living Facility Results in Fourth Death
On September 10, health officials reported that a fourth person had died due to an outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease at an assisted living facility in upstate New York. The outbreak,…
Read More »Ohio Nursing Home to Pay $30,000 in EEOC Racial Discrimination and Harassment Charge
An Ohio nursing home has agreed to pay $30,000 to settle a racial harassment, discrimination, and retaliation charge filed with the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency…
Read More »CMS Announces Updated SNF ABN Form: Implementation Deadline Approaches
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), with the assistance of their contractors, revised the Skilled Nursing Facility Advance Beneficiary Notice (SNF ABN), Form CMS-10055, along with the form…
Read More »Upstate NY Nursing Homes Ordered to Pay $375K in Back Wages for Overtime Violations
The US Department of Labor (DOL) announced that it had recovered $375,649 in back wages and liquidated damages for 806 current and former employees of nursing homes in upstate New…
Read More »Former Texas Nurse Loses License, Sentenced to Jail for Stealing Drugs
A former nurse at a Houston, Texas, hospital has been sentenced to 120 days in Harris County Jail, four years of probation, and a lifetime ban from practicing nursing in…
Read More »Louisiana Nursing Home Resident Arrested for Crack Cocaine
A nursing home resident in Louisiana was arrested on August 23 after allegedly attempting to smoke crack cocaine in his room. Police were called to the facility following a report…
Read More »Tennessee Comptroller’s Report Reveals Financial Management Issues at Nursing Home
The Tennessee Comptroller’s Office has completed a Medicaid examination of a nursing home in Antioch, with the report released on August 29, 2024. The review covered the facility’s financial operations…
Read More »Healthcare Provider to Pay $10.8M Settlement for False Claims Due to Oncologist’s Misconduct
On August 27, 2024, the US Attorney for the District of Montana announced a settlement agreement between the federal government and a healthcare system based in Helena. The healthcare system…
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