Nursing Home Operator to Pay $3M in Overtime Back Wages to 3,024 Caregivers
An Illinois-based management company must pay $2,939,576 in back overtime wages to 3,024 caregivers at 84 nursing homes across three Midwestern states to resolve violations found in a US Department…
Read More »California Healthcare Provider Impacted by Security Incident
A California healthcare provider has recently notified 149,940 patients that documents containing their protected health information (PHI) were stolen in a break-in at an off-site storage location where patient records…
Read More »EEOC Sues Georgia Hospital for Disability Discrimination
A public hospital in Atlanta violated federal law by failing to accommodate its employee’s disability and then firing her because of her disability, the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)…
Read More »New Surgeon General Advisory Warns of Healthcare Worker Burnout and Resignation
United States Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy issued a new Surgeon General’s Advisory highlighting the urgent need to address the healthcare worker burnout crisis across the country. Healthcare workers, including…
Read More »HHS-OIG Issues Exclusion Notice to Owner of Seven Louisiana Nursing Homes
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) has excluded a Louisiana man from participation in federal healthcare programs due to his ownership interest in…
Read More »Pennsylvania AG Charges Two Care Home Managers for Failing to Report Sexual Abuse
The Pennsylvania Attorney General announced that the Office of Attorney General, in conjunction with the 47th Statewide Investigating Grand Jury, had filed charges against the general manager and the director…
Read More »Ohio Hospital System Settles to Resolve Violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act
The US Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Ohio reached a settlement agreement with an Ohio hospital system to resolve violations stemming from an investigation under the Americans with…
Read More »Montana Nurse Indicted for Unlawfully Obtaining Opiates from Multiple Healthcare Facilities
A Montana nurse suspected of illegally obtaining opiates from four healthcare facilities in three communities recently appeared for arraignment on an indictment, according to the US Attorney’s Office. The indictment…
Read More »Oklahoma Hospital Pays over $1.1 Million to Settle False Claims Act Allegations
An acute care hospital in Oklahoma has paid over $1.1 million to settle allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by submitting false claims to Medicare. Following an internal…
Read More »HHS Announces New Funding to Boost Behavioral Health Services
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has announced a funding opportunity of nearly $15 million for a three-year federal grant to establish a Substance Abuse and Mental Health…
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