Nebraska LTC Facilities Still at Risk of Closure, Plead for More Medicaid Money
Many Nebraska long-term care facilities are still fighting to keep their doors open due to insufficient reimbursement rates for Medicaid and no change in the…
160 Patients Evacuated after Fire at Massachusetts Hospital
More than 70 ambulances showed up Tuesday to transfer about 160 patients evacuated from a Massachusetts hospital that lost power after an electrical transformer fire.
Home Healthcare Company Pays $9 Million for Submitting False Claims
A home healthcare company providing services in several states, including Ohio, to US Department of Energy employees and contractors, among others, who were injured or…
DOL Orders Home Healthcare Agency to Pay $2.3M in Back Wages, Damages
On February 2, 2023, the US Department of Labor (DOL) announced that it obtained a consent judgment ordering a Philadelphia-area agency and its owners to…
False Claims Act Settlements and Judgments Exceed $2 Billion in Fiscal Year 2022
Settlements and judgments under the False Claims Act exceeded $2.2 billion in the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2022, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Brian…
Medical Equipment Suppliers Convicted of Healthcare Fraud
A federal jury convicted two men for engaging in a scheme to defraud Medicare Advantage and Medicaid managed care plans of over $3.8 million. According…
Owner of Residential Nursing Homes Owes $69K in Overtime, Damages to 45 Managers
A federal investigation has found the operator of three Detroit-area residential nursing centers’ pay practices denied 45 managers their full and proper wages by regularly…
Twenty-Three Individuals Charged in $61.5 Million Medicare Fraud Schemes
Court documents were unsealed this week charging 23 Michigan residents for their alleged involvement in two illegal schemes to defraud Medicare of more than $61.5…
Former Administrator on Trial Following 12 Deaths at Florida Nursing Home
The manslaughter trial for the former administrator of the Rehabilitation Center at Hollywood Hills began on Monday. Although 12 patients died at the nursing home…
Water Main Break at Massachusetts Nursing Home Forces Evacuation of Residents
Residents of a North Shore nursing home have been displaced by a water main break that caused flooding and damage inside the facility.