Tennessee Nursing Student Charged with Stealing Elderly Patient’s Credit Cards
A Vanderbilt University Medical Center nursing student has been charged by Hendersonville police (HPD) for stealing an elderly patient’s credit cards and using them at…
US DOL Recovers $176K in Back Wages after Employer Illegally Shortchanged 9 Healthcare Workers
A federal investigation has recovered $176,193 in back wages for nine healthcare workers after the owner of four Bay Area residential care homes denied them…
Florida Addiction Treatment Facility Owner Convicted in $58 Million Healthcare Fraud Scheme
A federal jury convicted a Florida woman in a healthcare fraud scheme that billed private health insurers more than $58 million for services that were…
Florida Nurse Pleads Guilty to Tampering with Intensive Care Patients’ Medication
Monique Elizabeth Carter (35, Middleburg) pleaded guilty to tampering with a consumer product, specifically, injectable fentanyl. According to the plea agreement, Carter, a registered nurse…
Burned Woman Sues New Jersey Hospital, Nursing Agency
The woman who was burned and assaulted by a contracted nurse at Hackensack University Medical Center earlier this year has sued the hospital and nursing…
Posthospital SNF Care in Indiana Generally Met Medicare Level-of-Care Requirements
The Office of Inspector General (OIG) released their findings of an audit they conducted to determine if hospital admissions of Indiana skilled nursing facility (SNF)…
Texas Medical Consulting Company Owner Sentenced to Two Years for Defrauding Health Insurer
The owner of a medical consulting company was sentenced to two years in federal prison for defrauding health insurers. Steven Berglund, the 52-year-old owner of…
Kentucky Nursing Home Cited with Multiple Violations
An Owensboro nursing home was fined nearly $100,000 in August, after a federal agency found the facility hadn’t done enough to protect residents from aggressive…
Memphis Caregiver Arrested, Charged in TennCare Fraud Case
A Memphis woman accused of falsely charging TennCare for services she did not provide has been arrested following an investigation by special agents with the…
More charges and additional arrest made in Louisiana nursing home identity theft case
Tranessa Compton, 30, of Mamou, was originally arrested in January of this year on multiple counts of credit card fraud and identity theft. Sheriff Bobby…