Newly Released Data Reveals 295 Cyberattacks on the Healthcare Sector in the Past 18 Months
The CyberPeace Institute recently released new data revealing the number and rates of cyberattacks on the healthcare sector. Between June 2, 2020, and December 3, 2021, there were 295 different…
Read More »EEOC Updates Technical Assistance to Include When COVID-19 May Be a Disability
On December 12, 2021, the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) added a new section to their technical assistance page. The updated section clarifies under what circumstances COVID-19 infection may…
Read More »Florida Nursing Home Ordered to Pay $2 Million to Family of Resident Who Died from Fall at the Facility
A Florida nursing home has been ordered to pay a $2 million arbitration award to the family of a woman who fell at the nursing home three years ago. Court…
Read More »Idaho Assisted Living Facing Enforcement Actions for Failing to Protect Residents
Enforcement actions have been implemented for an Idaho assisted living facility following a series of reports that staff failed to protect residents. The concerns include failing to protect residents from…
Read More »Texas Home Health Agency Found to have Violated Fair Labor Standards Act
The US Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division, has determined that a Texas home health agency violated the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The violation occurred when the home…
Read More »Texas Man Extradited from Cameroon to US to Serve Prison Sentence for Healthcare Fraud and Other Offenses
A Texas man was extradited to Houston on December 10, 2021, to begin an 80-year prison sentence that he received in absentia four years earlier after pleading guilty in two…
Read More »New Hampshire Woman Arrested for Submitting False Claims to Medicaid for Mileage Reimbursement
On December 7, 2021, a New Hampshire woman was arrested and charged with theft by deception, false claims, and presenting false records concerning allegations that she submitted Medicaid claims for…
Read More »Jury Finds Miami Nursing Home Violated a Resident’s Statutorily Residential Rights
A jury recently found that a former resident of a Miami nursing home had his statutorily mandated residential rights violated when the facility’s nurses failed to properly manage his urinary…
Read More »Wisconsin Woman Sentenced for Stealing from Elderly Victim
A Wisconsin woman has been sentenced to 18 months initial confinement followed by 18.5 years of extended supervision in relation to the theft of over $400,000 from a 70-year-old victim….
Read More »Mississippi Man Sentenced for Healthcare Fraud
On December 2, 2021, a Mississippi man was sentenced by a federal judge to 78 months in prison for healthcare fraud and conspiracy. In August 2021, the man pled guilty…
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