In partnership with six district attorneys, California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced a settlement with Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc., and Kaiser Foundation Hospitals (collectively…
Today, the US Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced a settlement of potential violations of the Health Insurance Portability…
On August 15, 2023, the Joint Commission issued a Sentinel Event Alert entitled “Preserving patient safety after a cyberattack,” which provides “tips on what organizations…
Just three months into her new career, Kathryn Darling, a certified nursing assistant in the intensive care unit at St. Charles Bend, was assaulted by…
The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced on September 8, 2023, the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline’s addition of nationwide American Sign…
A federal jury convicted a Chicago-based doctor for his role in a more than $9.5 million healthcare fraud conspiracy, United States Attorney Henry C. Leventis…
A federal grand jury in Las Vegas returned a superseding indictment charging a healthcare staffing executive with conspiring to fix the wages of Las Vegas…
Antipsychotic use is a safety concern among older patients in home healthcare (HHC), particularly for those with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (ADRD).
The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Rebecca Elaine Holloway, age 32, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, entered a guilty…
California Attorney General Bonta welcomed a decision by the Alameda County Superior Court placing all 19 of the Mariner Health skilled nursing facilities under the…