Telemedicine could keep older patients out of the hospital
It’s easy enough for a doctor on an app to prescribe a birth control pill or an antibiotic, but try getting one to virtually examine your sick mom in a…
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Nigerian Man Sentenced to Prison for Role in $8.3 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme
A Nigerian man was sentenced to 46 months in prison for his role in a durable medical equipment (DME) scheme in which more than $8 million was fraudulently billed to…
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Owner of PA Assisted Living Facility Charged for Failure to Pay Payroll Taxes
The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Michael Boggs, age 39, of Bedford, Pennsylvania, was charged on August 16, 2019, in a criminal information…
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Beazley breach insights – August 2019
Speculation that the Office for Civil Rights (OCR), the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) enforcer, may be less active under the current administration has proven untrue.
Read More »Nearly a Third of Healthcare Employees Never Received Cybersecurity Training
A new report from Kaspersky finds employees of healthcare organizations in the U.S. and Canada are lacking cybersecurity education and awareness in three main areas including regulation, policy and training.
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NC nurse charged with kidnapping woman, sex offense
A man employed as a nurse at a North Carolina hospital was arrested on the hospital campus August 16 and is facing sex offense and kidnapping charges.
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PHI Exposed in Phishing Attacks on Michigan Medicine and Virginia Gay Hospital
Approximately 5,500 patients of Michigan Medicine are being notified that some of their protected health information has been exposed in a recent phishing attack.
Read More »Fourth Manhattan Doctor Pleads Guilty to Accepting Bribes and Kickbacks from Pharmaceutical Company
Jeffrey Goldstein, 49, a doctor who practiced in Manhattan, pled guilty to conspiracy to violate the Anti-Kickback Statute, in connection with a scheme to prescribe Subsys, a potent fentanyl-based spray,…
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Patient falls, abuse cited in CT nursing home violations
Three nursing homes have been fined by the state Department of Public Health (DPH) for violations that occurred in 2017 and last year.
Read More »New Jersey nursing assistant charged in death of nursing home patient
A certified nursing assistant from Bloomfield faces a reckless manslaughter charge after she allegedly lied about an injury to an 85-year-old nursing home patient that proved to be fatal.
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