Michigan: Minimum Wage Increase includes Paid Medical Leave
Lansing — Gov. Rick Snyder signed Senate Bills 1171 and 1175 to continue to increase the minimum wage and provide paid medical leave benefits for many Michigan workers. The new…
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Colorado Nurse Pleads Guilty to Obtaining a Controlled Substance
Denver — Parker nurse Mary Panza, aka Mary Bowers, pled guilty to obtaining a controlled substance by deceit. Panza worked at the Ridge View Endoscopy Center where she administered drugs,…
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Palm Beach Sales Representative Sentenced to Prison for Money Laundering
A top sales representative was sentenced to prison for his participation in a money laundering conspiracy involving alcohol and drug addiction treatment centers and clinical laboratories. Lanny Fried, 41, of…
Read More »You know you’re a Compliance Officer when:
Your family is tired of hearing about QAPI and Compliance and Ethics Thanks to HIPAA, you have long-term job security. Referees are your favorite sports figures. Game night includes all…
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The board game “Risk” is banned from your home.
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How do you know you’re a Compliance Officer?
You talk primarily in acronyms- OIG, CMS, DOJ, DOH, EEOC, OCR, …
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Pennsylvania Man Charged for Stomping Fellow Resident to Death
After stomping a fellow resident (Resident 1) nearly to death, Resident 2 grabbed a registered nurse by her hair and started swinging her around the room. “I’m going to die,”…
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Employee Accused of Beating Resident Exposed as Felon
A Colorado nursing home changed its background check process after one of its now-former employees, who’s accused of beating an elderly Alzheimer’s resident, was shown to be a convicted felon.
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Sexual orientation dispute takes new turn
David Barmak Esq., and Betty Frandsen, MHA, NHA, RN Long-term care providers will want to closely watch the outcome of an ongoing court dispute over whether Title VII of the…
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