Three Oklahoma City Nursing Homes to Pay Back Wages for Employees Time in Trainings and Meetings
Investigators from the US Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division discovered that the pay practices of three Oklahoma City nursing homes denied 129 workers of partial wages. The investigation…
Read More »PHI Breach at Illinois Health System Due to Billing Error
Over 1,700 patients’ protected health information (PHI) was breached when their billing statements were mailed in error to one patient. The billing statements, however, never reached the erroneous address. The…
Read More »OIG Settles Multiple Cases Recovering Funds for State of Texas
The Office of Inspector General (OIG) settled multiple healthcare cases during the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2021. The settled cases begin the process of recovering funds for the State…
Read More »CMS Issues Guidance on Interim Final Rule Regarding Healthcare Staff Vaccinations
On December 28, 2021, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released guidance for the November 5, 2021, interim final rule that established requirements regarding COVID-19 vaccine immunization of…
Read More »Illinois Nurse Sentenced to Probation for Identity Theft of Deceased Resident
A former charge nurse of an Illinois nursing home was sentenced to 24 months of probation for identity theft. The nurse was accused of unlawful possession of a credit card…
Read More »North Carolina Man Sentenced for Conspiracy to Commit Healthcare Fraud
A North Carolina man was sentenced to serve 70 years in prison and three years of supervised release for conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud. Additionally, he was ordered to pay…
Read More »Massachusetts RN Sentenced to 15 Months in Prison for Drug Diversion
According to the Department of Justice, a Massachusetts Registered Nurse (RN) was sentenced on December 20, 2021, for drug tampering. The RN was sentenced to 15 months in prison and…
Read More »Facility Ordered to Pay OSHA Attorney Fee for Noncompliance with Subpoena
A federal court has ordered a Boston behavioral health facility to pay the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) $30,515.63 in attorney fees after failing to…
Read More »SNF Settles with US Attorney’s Office to Resolve Allegations of Disability Discrimination
A Boston skilled nursing facility (SNF) reached an agreement with the U.S. Attorney’s Office and the US Department of Health and Human Service’s Office for Civil Rights to resolve an…
Read More »NC Home Health Company Agrees to Pay over $45K to Settle False Claims Act Allegations
A home health agency which is based in North Carolina agreed to pay $45,486.76 to settle a civil False Claims Act allegation related to allegedly fraudulent billings for purported work…
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