Justice Department Charges Dozens for $1.2 Billion in Healthcare Fraud
The Department of Justice announced criminal charges against 36 defendants in 13 federal districts across the United States for more than $1.2 billion in alleged fraudulent telemedicine, cardiovascular and cancer…
Read More »OCR Announces Resolutions to Eleven HIPAA Violations
The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced the resolution of eleven investigations in its Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act…
Read More »Resident Death after Ant Bites Leads to Lawsuit against Texas Nursing Home
A civil lawsuit was filed against a Texas nursing home and the healthcare company which owns it after a resident died two weeks after being found covered with ants. The…
Read More »Resident Burned after Smoking Cigarette While Connected to Oxygen
A nursing and rehab center in North Carolina is being investigated by the State Agency after a resident accidently set herself on fire in her room. The local police department…
Read More »Federal Jury Convicts New York Doctor of Healthcare Fraud Scheme
A federal jury convicted a New York ENT doctor for defrauding Medicare and Medicaid by causing the submission of false and fraudulent claims for surgical procedures that were not performed….
Read More »Applying for Reinstatement after OIG Exclusion
Reinstatement of an excluded individual or entity is not automatic once the specified period of exclusion ends. In order to participate in the Medicare, Medicaid, and all federal healthcare programs…
Read More »Owners of Skilled Nursing Facilities Agree to Settle Americans with Disabilities Act Complaint
The United States Attorney’s Office announced a settlement agreement under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) with the owners of a Virginia skilled nursing facility (SNF). The owners also have…
Read More »Ohio Healthcare Provider Denied $133K in Overtime to 63 Workers and Falsified Pay Records
A federal investigation has recovered $133,661 in back wages for 63 workers of a Dayton home healthcare provider who misclassified its employees as independent contractors, denied workers overtime pay, and falsified payroll records to…
Read More »Assisted Living Facility Sued after Resident Mistakenly Drank Dishwasher Soap and Died
A woman sued a Virginia assisted living facility alleging her husband, who was a resident there, died after mistakenly drinking dishwasher liquid that he thought was cranberry juice. The resident,…
Read More »Two Brothers Sentenced for Scheme to Steal and Sell Vaccination Cards
Two California brothers were both sentenced to 36 months of probation and ordered to pay $500 dollars in restitution after pleading guilty to misdemeanor conspiracy to steal or convert government…
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