Medicaid Fraud Control Units Fiscal Year 2018 Annual Report (OEI-09-19-00230)
Medicaid Fraud Control Units (MFCUs or Units) investigate and prosecute Medicaid provider fraud and patient abuse or neglect. The Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General is…
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104-year-old woman reveals her wish to be ARRESTED — and police are set to oblige!
A 104-year-old woman has said she wants to be arrested because she has never been on the wrong side of the law, and police have agreed to ‘arrest’ her.
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‘It hurt so bad’: Indiana teachers shot with plastic pellets
An active–shooter training exercise at an Indiana elementary school in January left teachers with welts, bruises, and abrasions after they were shot with plastic pellets by the local sheriff’s office…
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Feds: Unlicensed son injects patients with dirty needles
Oak Park, Mich.— An unlicensed man is accused of handling injections for his 84-year-old father and using non-sterile needles at a pain clinic in Oak Park, according to FBI agents.
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Prison inmate admits working in three St. Louis area healthcare facilities
An Illinois prison inmate pleaded guilty to federal charges and admitted using fake nursing and educational credentials to work at three healthcare facilities.
Read More »Online Infection Prevention and Control Training for Nursing Home Staff
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is announcing a free on-line training course in infection prevention and control for nursing home staff in the long-term care setting developed…
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Sweden to serve 3D-printed food to elderly in care homes
Swedish municipalities plan to start 3D-printing at care homes for the elderly, stimulating residents’ appetites by making puréed food look like the real thing.
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Florida nursing home employee arrested for making prank bomb threat
A nursing home employee was arrested for making two prank 911 calls — on a dare from a co-worker — warning of an explosive device at a Leesburg facility, according…
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Doctors witness miracle as patient with Parkinson’s walks again
Casa Grande, Ariz. — Doctors and nurses say they witnessed a miracle in Pinal County when one of their patients with Parkinson’s who had not walked for years, stood up…
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Man Proposes to Girlfriend Disguised as Patient at Nursing Facility Where She Works
A man expressed his undying love at the Arizona nursing facility where his girlfriend works with a staged proposal.
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