Once imprisoned for Medicare fraud, Miami operator charged again
Of the thousands of people charged with Medicare fraud in Miami, only a handful would qualify as repeat offenders. Meet one of them, Vicente Gonzalez Acosta. A decade ago, Gonzalez…
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Seattle woman’s, brother speaks out after hidden camera nursing home rape arrest
KIRO 7 first told you earlier in July that prosecutors had charged 29-year-old nursing assistant, Nshimiyiana Hamzat, with second-degree rape after they said he was captured on hidden camera repeatedly…
Read More »Lawsuit claims Georgia nursing home resident burned by cigarette by aide
A lawsuit has been filed in Fulton County against an area assisted living and its owner, claiming an assistant nurse at the Hapeville Manor Nursing Home intentionally burned an elderly…
Read More »Daughter Claims Mother Is Being Abused at OKC Nursing Home
A woman says an Oklahoma City nursing home licensed to the City of Pauls Valley is abusing her mother and now, she’s calling on Governor Kevin Stitt to investigate the…
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Anchorage Doctor Pleads Guilty for Prescribing Medically Unnecessary Opioids
Anchorage, Alaska — Michael Don Robertson, 67, an Anchorage physician, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit controlled substance fraud and one count of healthcare fraud. Robertson knowingly…
Read More »Telemarketer and His Companies Agree to Pay $2.5 Million to Settle Allegations
United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez and U.S. Attorney J. Douglas Overbey for the Eastern District of Tennessee announce that Scott Roix, together with several entities through which he ran…
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Illinois Nursing Home Fined $25k after Losing Resident
The Illinois Department of Public Health has fined a Bloomington nursing home $25,000 for letting a 49-year-old woman with dementia wander away from the facility in stockinged feet.
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Slides from ACHA Webinar Outlining Key Areas in the Proposed Delay
Slides from ACHA webinar outlining key areas in the proposed delay, which include the Compliance and Ethics Program.
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Two Hour Reporting Rule: Alleged Abuse and/or Bodily Injury
F609/610 – Reporting Alleged Violations/Investigation New CMS Requirements of Participation (RoP): SNF must report allegations of suspected abuse and /or serious bodily injury to a resident to the administrator and…
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When can nursing homes make decisions for ‘incapacitated’ residents?
When “Gloria A.” was admitted into a nursing home in late 2012, the 63-year-old truck driver was deemed “incapacitated” by a doctor.
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