Nursing Home Bus Driver Charged with Neglect after Rider Suffers Broken Vertebra
A man working as a bus driver for an Indiana nursing home is now facing a felony charge after a rider suffered a broken vertebra…
Florida Man Involved in Nursing Home Death Deemed Incompetent to Stand Trial
Seventy-two-year-old Cliff Mody, the man who was charged in the death of a fellow resident at Gold Choice Assisted Living & Memory Care back in…
HHS OCR Secures Voluntary Resolution Agreement with Arkansas Hospital
The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has entered into a voluntary resolution agreement with an…
Physician and Medical Office to Pay over $2.6M to Settle False Claims Act Allegations
Feel Well Health Center of Southington, PC and Kevin P. Greene, MD have entered into a civil settlement agreement with the federal and state governments…
Missouri Doctor Pleads Guilty to $300,000 Medicare Fraud
A Kansas City-area pediatrician pleaded guilty in federal court to his role in causing fraudulent Medicare claims to be submitted for more than 1,000 beneficiaries…
Antiepileptic Med Use Increasing in Nursing Home Residents with Dementia
Antiepileptic prescribing among nursing home residents with Alzheimer disease and related dementias (ADRD) is increasing, according to a study published online Nov. 9 in the…
Hearing Held on Emergency Suspension of NH Nursing Home Administrator
The administrator of a Concord nursing home is waiting to learn if he’ll get his license back after it was suspended following three of his…
Can Light Ease Agitation in Nursing Home Residents with Dementia?
Researchers from Penn State’s Ross and Carol Nese College of Nursing and the College of Engineering have received a 20-month, $411,982 grant from the National…
Man Entered Texas Nursing Home to Escape from Armed Attacker
A man entered a Texas nursing home on October 25 to hide from an attacker. According to facility staff, he entered through the front doors…
Five Former Tennessee Hospital Employees Charged with HIPAA Violations
A federal grand jury has indicted five former Methodist Hospital Employees for conspiring with Roderick Harvey, 40, to unlawfully disclose patient information in violation of…