Nurse Sentenced to 54 Months for Drug Tampering
Emilee Kathryn Poteat, 32, of Danville, Virginia, was sentenced to 54 months in prison for tampering with a consumer product. According to court documents, from…
Iowa Nursing Home Where Resident Found Dead after Fall Fined $18,000
An Iowa nursing home where a resident was found dead “in a puddle of blood” after a series of falls has been fined $18,000 by…
TX HHSC Urges LTC Facilities to Update Emergency Preparedness Plans before Hurricane Season
The Texas Health and Human Services Commission is encouraging all long-term care facilities to make sure their emergency preparedness plans are updated ahead of the…
Evaluation of Antipsychotic Reduction Efforts in Patients with Dementia in VA Nursing Homes
The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) each created initiatives to reduce off-label use of antipsychotics in patients…
EEOC’s Pivot to Virtual Mediation Highly Successful, New Studies Find
The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced that two new independent studies report overwhelming satisfaction with the EEOC’s mediation program as well as a…
Caris Life Sciences Pays over $2.8 Million to Settle False Claims Act Allegations
Caris Life Sciences, Inc. has agreed to pay $2,886,674.86 to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act in an alleged nationwide scheme to…
Mass. Doctor Resolves Allegations of Improper Prescribing Practices Concerning Controlled Substances
Dr. Hooshang Poor, a Newton geriatric medicine physician, has agreed to pay $100,000 to resolve allegations that he prescribed controlled substances outside the usual course…
Healthkeeperz, Inc. to Pay $2.1 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations
Pembroke, North Carolina-based behavioral healthcare provider, Healthkeeperz, Inc. (Healthkeeperz), has agreed to resolve allegations that the company violated the False Claims Act by billing claims…
Nursing homes file lawsuit seeking to overturn NY’s minimum staffing law
A group of about 80 nursing homes filed a lawsuit seeking to overturn New York’s law that established staffing minimums and resident-care spending levels for…
US DOL Publishes Updated FMLA Guidance on Mental Health and Job-Protected Leave
The US Department of Labor’s (DOL) Wage and Hour Division has published updated Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) guidance for employers and workers. The…