Nurse Practitioner Jailed for Writing Fraudulent Oxycodone Prescriptions
Attorney General Michelle Henry announced that a former certified registered nurse practitioner from western Pennsylvania was sentenced to 11.5 to 23 months followed by 8 years of probation for writing…
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Florida CFO Announces Duval County Insurance Fraud Scheme Arrests
On November 15, Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Jimmy Patronis announced the arrests of Rochell Green and Breana Ferguson, both employees of the healthcare company Aetna. Green and Ferguson allegedly submitted…
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Virginia Hospital System Agrees to $2.37M False Claims Settlement
Inova Health System Foundation, Inova Health Care Services, Inc., and Inova Physician Partners, LLC, (collectively, Inova), located in Falls Church, agreed to pay $2,378,731.06 to settle claims that it submitted…
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Man Kills Mother, Himself at New York Nursing Home; Identities Released
Rochester police have identified the pair killed in an apparent murder-suicide at a Rochester, New York, nursing home on Sunday morning.
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Second Wave of Enforcement in Nationwide Telemedicine Fraud Schemes
US Attorney for the Western District of Michigan Mark Totten announced criminal convictions and civil settlements against a second wave of doctors who participated in nationwide telemedicine fraud schemes by…
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Fake Nurse Worked at Multiple Hospitals in California
A California police department announced on November 14, 2024, that they had arrested a 44-year-old Virginia woman who had been impersonating a registered nurse at hospitals across Los Angeles County….
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Two People Dead After Apparent Murder-Suicide at a NY Nursing Home
Rochester Police are investigating the deaths of two individuals at a local nursing home in what they believe was a murder-suicide.
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Oklahoma Regional Medical Center: 133K Patients Affected by Ransomware Attack
Great Plains Regional Medical Center in Elk City, Oklahoma, fell victim to a ransomware attack detected on September 8, 2024, when files were encrypted.
Read More »Oregon Hospital Faces Third Lawsuit over Nurse’s Alleged Fentanyl Tampering
Asante Rogue Regional Hospital is facing another lawsuit related to allegations that a nurse swapped patients’ fentanyl with tap water.
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Metal Chain Wrapped Around Residents’ Wrists at Minnesota Care Home, State Finds
Two residents at a Rochester assisted living facility were abused when two employees wrapped metal chains around their forearms and wrists, recorded the incidents and posted the footage on Facebook,…
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