Tennessee Healthcare Organization Settles Americans with Disability Act Claim
The United States reached a settlement with a not-for-profit healthcare organization headquartered in Knoxville, Tennessee, which operates nine hospitals in East Tennessee. In a complaint filed in the US District…
Read More »Caregiver Arrested for Abuse of Disabled Adult
The Florida Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit (MFCU), with the help of the Leon County Sheriff’s Office (LCSO), announced the arrest of a caregiver for abusing an adult with…
Read More »Michigan Woman Charged with Posing as Health Professional
A Michigan woman accused of posing as a board-certified therapist at a recovery center in Brighton has been arraigned, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announced. The woman, 34, was arraigned…
Read More »Nursing Home Provider to Pay over $5.5M in Civil False Claims Settlement
An Indiana provider of skilled nursing and long-term care services has agreed to pay $5,591,044.66 to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by submitting false claims to…
Read More »Pennsylvania Home Care Agency to Pay $1.4M in Back Wages, Damages, to 218 Workers
A Pennsylvania home care agency neglected to pay its 218 workers overtime wages and then manipulated records to hide the wage theft. Following an investigation by the US Department of…
Read More »Five Individuals and Two Nursing Facilities Indicted on Healthcare Fraud Charges
Five individuals and two for-profit skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) in Pennsylvania were indicted on charges of conspiracy to defraud the United States and related healthcare fraud charges. The Superseding Indictment…
Read More »Nurses Sue Florida Hospital over Active Shooter Drill They Thought Was Real
Two emergency room nurses are suing a Florida hospital over a training session that included a simulated active shooter exercise that trainees were not informed was part of a drill….
Read More »California Nursing Home Tells Wrong Resident’s Family about Death
A mix-up of residents at a California nursing home upset a woman’s family after they were told she was dead, only to find she’d been confused with another resident. A…
Read More »Grand Jury Charges Eight in Tennessee Medicare and Medicaid Fraud Conspiracy
A federal grand jury in Nashville returned a 40-count second superseding indictment, charging eight people in a Medicare and Medicaid fraud conspiracy which targeted nursing home residents and others. Defendant…
Read More »Lawsuit Filed after Resident Leaves Assisted Living Facility and Drowns
A lawsuit has been filed against an assisted living facility in Illinois after an 82-year-old man with dementia went missing from the facility and drowned. The resident had been reported…
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