Missouri Bill Would Allow Hospital Visitors during Pandemics
Missouri hospitals and nursing homes would have to allow visitors, even during a pandemic, under a bill advanced Wednesday in the Republican-led state House.
NM Hospital to Pay $82,481 to Settle EEOC Sexual Harassment Case
Albuquerque-AMG Specialty Hospital, LLC and Acadiana Management Group, LLC, operating AMG Specialty Hospital in Albuquerque, NM, will pay $82,481 and furnish other relief to settle…
Minnesota AG Charges Doctor with $1.6M in Medicaid Fraud
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison announced that his office has charged Dr. Xiaoyan Hu with defrauding Minnesota’s Medical Assistance (Medicaid) program out of over $1.6…
NY Ophthalmologist Sentenced to 96 Months in Prison for Prolific Seven-Year Healthcare Fraud Scheme
Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that Ameet Goyal, MD, an ophthalmologist in Rye, New York, was…
Saint Clare’s Health to Pay $77,550 to Settle EEOC Disability Discrimination Lawsuit
Saint Clare’s Health, a division of Prime Healthcare Services that operates two hospitals in Morris County, New Jersey, will pay $77,550 and furnish other relief…
Former Payroll Manager Pleads Guilty to Several Tax Offenses
The Department of Justice US Attorney’s Office District of Connecticut announced that a former payroll manager of a Connecticut home healthcare company has pled guilty…
Kentucky Senate-Passed Bill Aims to Overcome Nursing Shortage
The Kentucky Senate took aim Tuesday at overcoming a chronic nursing shortage by boosting enrollment in nursing schools and luring out-of-state nurses into the state’s…
SNFs Could Soon Receive Covid Antiviral Pills as Part of Biden’s Latest Pandemic Plan
Nursing homes will be among the recipients of more than one million doses of Pfizer’s antiviral pills made available this month – that’s hundreds of…
Women Convicted of Inciting Residents at NC Nursing Home to Fight
Two Winston-Salem women were convicted Monday of inciting two female residents at an assisted-living facility to fight each other in 2019. The fight was recorded…
Biden Pledges Better Nursing Home Care, but He Likely Won’t Fast-Track It
President Joe Biden’s top Medicare official suggested Wednesday that forthcoming rules to bolster nursing home staffing won’t be issued under a mechanism, known as interim…