New York Nursing Home Resident Charged in Death of Another
An assault that occurred at a nursing home on March 28 has resulted in the arrest of an 83-year-old Penn Yan man on criminally negligent…
Ohio Nurse Aide Accused of Sexually Assaulting Residents Claims Insanity
Tiara Ford, 23, of Canton, a former assisted living employee accused of sexually assaulting residents and visually recording her crimes on a cellphone, has pleaded…
Nurse Aide at Ohio Veterans’ Home Accused of Sexual Assault
A nurse’s aide at the Ohio Veterans’ Home has been accused of sexually assaulting one of its residents and taking sexually explicit photographs of others…
US Files False Claims Act Suit against General Medicine, P.C. and Related Entities for Medicare Fraud
The United States filed suit in US District Court for the Southern District of Illinois against General Medicine, P.C. (“General Medicine”), Thomas M. Prose, M.D.…
Two Former Employees of Pennsylvania Healthcare Facility Charged with Federal Hate Crimes
Two former employees of a Pennsylvania in-patient healthcare facility have been indicted on federal hate crimes. The residents at the facility suffered from a range…
EEOC Sues North Memorial Health for Disability Discrimination against Deaf Applicant
North Memorial Health violated civil rights law when it failed to hire an applicant who is deaf because of her disability and failed to provide…
Healthcare Charity Pays More Than $8 Million Related to Federal Embezzlement, Bribery Investigation
Springfield, Missouri-based nonprofit Preferred Family Healthcare will pay more than $8 million in forfeiture and restitution to the federal government and the state of Arkansas…
NIH begins clinical trial evaluating second COVID-19 booster shots in adults
A Phase 2 clinical trial evaluating various additional COVID-19 booster shots has begun enrolling adult participants in the United States. The trial aims to understand…
Arkansas Woman Arrested in Medicaid Fraud Case
Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge announced the arrest of Pamela Townsend-Bell, of Judsonia, on allegations that she fraudulently billed Medicaid. Townsend-Bell, a licensed clinical social…
Ransomware Gangs Claim Health Plan and Healthcare Provider Attacked
The Fairfield, CA-based nonprofit managed care health plan, Partnership Health Plan of California (PHC), has suffered a cyberattack that has taken its IT systems out…