Former Home Care Provider Barred after Stealing from Client
Yezica Padilla, 22, a former home care nursing assistant, may no longer care for vulnerable adults after pleading guilty to theft.
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Ohio Nursing Home Aide Had Patient’s Missing Credit Cards
Westlake, OH — A nursing home staffer was found with a patient’s missing credit cards, according to police.
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Fire Spurs Partial Evacuation of California Nursing Home
A fire at a San Pablo nursing home spurred the evacuation of three dozen patients October 11, authorities said.
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Genetic Testing Company and Three Principals Agree to Pay $42.6 Million to Resolve Kickback and Medical Necessity Claims
The Justice Department announced that UTC Laboratories, Inc. (RenRX) has agreed to pay $41.6 million, and its three principals, Tarun Jolly, M.D., Patrick Ridgeway, and Barry Griffith, have agreed to…
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Illinois caregiver sued after woman in hospice found riddled with maggots
The estate of a woman who died in 2018 at a private Aurora hospice is suing the facility, arguing her emaciated body was found with “paper thin skin” and riddled…
Read More »Fresenius Agrees to Pay $5.2 Million to Resolve Allegations
Boston — The United States Attorney’s Office announced that Fresenius Medical Care Holdings, Inc., d/b/a Fresenius Medical Care North America, Inc., the largest operator of kidney dialysis clinics in the…
Read More »Former Business Manager of Assisted Living Facility Sentenced to 27 Months in Prison
Marcella Drakeford, 46, the former business manager of a Morris County, New Jersey, assisted living facility, was sentenced to 27 months in prison for stealing approximately $237,000 from an elderly…
Read More »Former New Hampshire nursing home worker convicted of simple assault on resident
A former custodial worker at a New Hampshire nursing home has been convicted of simple assault involving an 86-year-old female resident.
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Two Ex-Nursing Home Workers Charged with Bilking 98-Year-Old
Two former Chicago nursing home workers have been charged with bilking a 98-year-old woman with dementia out of more than $700,000.
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Texas Physician Convicted in $16 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme
A federal jury in Texas found Yolanda Hamilton, M.D., 56, a physician who was the owner and operator of a medical clinic in Houston, Texas, guilty of participating in a…
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