Texas Home Health Manager Sent to Prison for $21M Medicare Fraud Scheme
The last convicted in a large-scale multi-year home health fraud conspiracy has been ordered to federal prison. Felix Amos, 72, Houston, pleaded guilty Dec. 18,…
Colorado Nurse Sentenced after Pleading Guilty to Stealing Fentanyl from Hospital Patients
The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado announces Alejandro Gort, 39, of Denver, was sentenced to five years of probation after he…
Woman Arrested for Practicing Medicine without a License at 7 Nursing Homes
South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced that his office’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit (SCMFCU) arrested a 37-year-old woman for allegedly practicing medicine as a…
Pennsylvania DOH’s Updated Regulations to Improve Care for Residents in Skilled Nursing Facilities Clear Major Hurdle
Regulations that govern care for residents of skilled nursing facilities are on track to be updated for the first time in nearly 25 years following…
Federal Court Orders Home Healthcare Company, President, Owner, to Restore Over $85K to Employee Retirement Plan
On Oct. 20, 2022, Judge Elaine E. Bucklo in the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, found Home Bound Healthcare…
Part-Owner of Assisted Living Provider That Denied Wages, Intimidated Workers Pays $1M in Back Wages, Damages
The part-owner and operator of a Pittsburgh-area assisted living provider has paid more than $1 million in back wages and liquidated damages to 47 workers…
Crews Respond to Fire at Massachusetts Nursing Home
Wilbraham Fire Chief Michael Andrews said that a 911 call came in around 6:10 a.m. Monday for a kitchen fire at Vantage Nursing Home on…
Michigan Medicine Notifies 33K Patients of Phishing Attack
Michigan Medicine notified 33,850 patients of a phishing attack that may have exposed their health information after a cyber attacker targeted them with a scam…
Arizona Caregiver Convicted of Sexual Assault
A medical technician at a Flagstaff nursing home is awaiting sentencing after he sexually assaulted an elderly woman with memory issues who he was supposed…
OCR Details HIPAA Security Rule Security Incident Procedures
In recognition of National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, the US Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) issued a newsletter on…