HHS Proposes Minimum Staffing Standards to Enhance Safety and Quality in Nursing Homes
Today, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), issued a proposed rule that seeks…
Nurse Loses License after Drunk-Driving Arrest, Allegations of Missing Narcotics
The Iowa Board of Nursing has revoked the license of a nurse who, while working at various Iowa care facilities, was accused of sleeping on…
Michigan Attorney General’s Office Charges Five with $9.5M in Medicaid Fraud
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison announced on August 29, 2023, that his office had charged five people as part of a scheme to defraud the…
Healthcare Company and CT Pharmacy Pay $500K to Resolve Controlled Substances Act Allegations
Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Brian D. Boyle, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New…
HHS Security Risk Assessment Tool Version 3.4 and Webinars
The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) at the US Department of Health and…
CMS Announces Resources and Flexibilities to Assist with the Public Health Emergency in Florida
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced additional resources and flexibilities available in response to Hurricane Idalia in the State of Florida. CMS is…
Georgia Owner of Long-Term Care Facilities Pleads Guilty to Attempting to Obstruct IRS
A Georgia man pleaded guilty to seeking to obstruct the IRS in its efforts to collect employment taxes and related penalties. According to court documents…
Healthcare Provider Agrees to Pay $5M for Alleged False Claims to California’s Medicaid Program
Lompoc Valley Medical Center (LVMC), a California Healthcare District that operates multiple healthcare providers, including a hospital and several clinics, in Lompoc, California, has agreed…
Texas Business Operators Charged in Multimillion Dollar Power Wheelchair Fraud Scheme
The operators of a durable medical equipment company have been charged with defrauding Medicare. Authorities arrested Maria Luisa Yzaguirre, 43, Harlingen, on August 30. Jeremiah…
NJ Home Healthcare Provider Settles with Government over HIV Discrimination
The US Attorney’s Office for the District of New Jersey and the US Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (HHS OCR)…