Illinois Nursing Home Sued over Resident’s Fall
An Illinois nursing home was named in a lawsuit alleging the staff’s negligence resulted in a resident’s fall. The plaintiff, acting as independent administrator of the estate of the resident,…
Read More »Two Men Charged in $39M Personal Protective Equipment Fraud Scheme
Two Texas men have been charged with conspiracy to commit and committing wire fraud during the COVID-19 pandemic involving medical-grade nitrile gloves. The two men were both charged with conspiracy…
Read More »Physician Indicted for Medicaid Fraud and Invasive and Medically Unnecessary Testing
New York Attorney General Letitia James announced the indictment of a physician and his company for defrauding Medicaid by forcing patients to get unnecessary and invasive medical tests. For years,…
Read More »OIG Audit Finds Certain Nursing Homes May Not Have Complied with Federal Requirements
The Office of Inspector General (OIG) conducted an audit and found that selected nursing homes may not have complied with federal requirements for infection prevention and control and emergency preparedness….
Read More »Pennsylvania Nursing Home to Pay More than $819,000 to Resolve False Claims Act Liability
A Pennsylvania nursing home will pay $819,640 to settle claims that it provided medically unnecessary rehabilitation therapy to residents to maximize revenue, and without prioritizing clinical needs. The settlement resolves…
Read More »Nursing Home Fined after Resident Left Outside 11 Hours Overnight
The Iowa Department of Inspections and Appeals (DIA) reported that an Iowa nursing home would be fined $20,000 after a resident was inappropriately discharged and left outside for 11 hours…
Read More »CMS Enhances Nursing Home Rating System with Staffing and Turnover Data
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services launched its enhanced Nursing Home Five-Star Quality Rating System which integrates data nursing homes report on their weekend staffing rates for nurses and…
Read More »Former Nurse Pleads Guilty to Fraudulently Obtaining Fentanyl
A former registered nurse who worked in the emergency department of a Virginia hospital pleaded guilty to obtaining controlled substances, fentanyl, and hydromorphone, by fraud. According to court documents, the…
Read More »Nursing Home Resident Bludgeoned 80-Year-Old Roommate to Death
A 62-year-old resident (Resident 1) at a Washington DC nursing home was charged with bludgeoning to death his 80-year-old roommate (Resident 2) with a metal bed rail, according to police…
Read More »Home Healthcare and Hospice Agencies Owner Sentenced to 18 Months in Prison
A California home healthcare and hospice agencies’ owner was sentenced to 18 months in prison for one count of conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud and one count of conspiracy to…
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