Oklahoma AG Prosecutes Nursing Home Employee Who Stole Money from Resident
On April 7, 2022, Betty Kristen Corrine Meadows of Pawhuska, Oklahoma, pled guilty before Osage County District Judge Stuart Tate and was sentenced to serve…
EEOC Announces Opening of 2021 EEO-1 Component 1 Data Collection
The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced that the 2021 EEO-1 Component 1 data collection is now open. The deadline for submitting and certifying…
CISA Issues Guidance on Sharing Cyber Event Information
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has recently published a fact sheet on cyber threat information sharing to guide organizations reporting cyber incidents, which…
Convicted Healthcare Company Owner and Administrator Charged under False Claims Act
The owner and administrator of Texas-based hospice and home health entities have been named in a multimillion-dollar whistleblower lawsuit. The two men, both 51, were…
Providence Health & Services Agrees to Pay $22.7 Million to Resolve Fraudulent Billing Allegations
Providence Health & Services Washington (Providence) has agreed to pay $22,690,458 to resolve allegations that it fraudulently billed Medicare, Medicaid, and other federal healthcare programs…
Physician Partners of America to Pay $24.5 Million to Settle False Claims Act Allegations
Physician Partners of America LLC (PPOA), headquartered in Tampa, Florida, its founder, Rodolfo Gari, and its former chief medical officer, Dr. Abraham Rivera, have agreed…
United States Files Suit against Two Tennessee Hospitals
The United States filed a complaint in intervention alleging violations of the False Claims Act (FCA) and the Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) by Methodist Le Bonheur…
Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 Skilled Nursing Facility Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule (CMS 1765-P)
On April 11, 2022, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a proposed rule that would update Medicare payment policies and rates for…
HHS Takes Actions to Promote Safety and Quality in Nursing Homes
April 11, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued its fiscal year (FY) 2023 Skilled Nursing Facilities Prospective Payment System (SNF PPS) proposed…
Medical Billing Company Owner Pleads Guilty to Failing to Pay $2 Million in Payroll Taxes
An owner and operator of three Missouri billing and claims processing companies has pled guilty to not paying over nearly $2 million in payroll and…