Illinois Nursing Home Fined $25,000 over Resident’s Fall
An Illinois nursing home was fined $25,000 after the Illinois Department of Public Health determined it failed to implement progressive interventions to prevent falls. The facility also failed to notify…
Read More »Three Clinical Labs and Their Owner Charged with Medicaid Fraud and Kickbacks
Three independent clinical laboratories, their owner and holding company, an additional independent clinical laboratory and its owner, two laboratory marketing companies, and a Massachusetts physician have been charged in connection…
Read More »Hospital System to Pay $4.36 Million to Settle Claims of Controlled Substance Act Violations
A Virginia hospital system has agreed to pay the United States $4.36 million to settle claims that it violated the Controlled Substances Act on numerous occasions between 2017 and 2020….
Read More »Pennsylvania Man Excluded from All Federal Healthcare Programs for 22 Years
A Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, man has agreed to pay the United States $900,000 to resolve civil liability for alleged violations of the False Claims Act. Additionally, the Pennsylvania man agreed…
Read More »Maine Nursing Home Placed on Federal Special Focus List
A Maine nursing home with a history of federal fines was listed as a special focus facility (SFF) after two residents wandered off in separate incidents last year. In the…
Read More »Jury Awards $2.5M to Georgia Senior Living Resident’s Family after Fire Ant Attack
A jury recently awarded $2.5 million to the family of a 92-year-old woman who died after fire ants at her assisted living facility stung her repeatedly. The woman and her…
Read More »Active Shooter Incident at Oklahoma Hospital
A disgruntled patient purchased a rifle, and three hours later walked onto the second floor of a medical office building in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and began shooting. He fatally shot two…
Read More »Registered Nurse Sentenced to 54 Months for Drug Tampering
A registered nurse (RN), 32, was sentenced to 54 months in prison and three years of supervised release for tampering with vials of injectable Hydromorphone. She was also ordered to…
Read More »Iowa Nursing Home Where Resident Found Dead after Fall Fined $18,000
An Iowa nursing home where a resident was found dead “in a puddle of blood” after a series of falls has been fined $18,000 by the state. According to a…
Read More »US DOL Publishes Updated FMLA Guidance on Mental Health and Job-Protected Leave
The US Department of Labor’s (DOL) Wage and Hour Division has published updated Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) guidance for employers and workers. The additional resources were provided to…
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