US DOL Recovers $315K in Overtime Wages for 158 CA Home Care Workers
A federal investigation has recovered $315,536 in back wages for 158 workers of American Canyon home care agency where the owner and CEO unlawfully required…
Judge Orders MA Nursing Home Owner to Allow Inspectors Inside
In an effort to keep state workers from entering his nursing home earlier this month, Sea View Retreat owner Stephen Comley Jr. padlocked the front…
Florida AG Announces Arrest of Certified Nursing Assistant for Defrauding Florida Medicaid
Attorney General Ashley Moody’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, with the assistance of the Hollywood Police Department, arrested Leita Tanis Apollon, a Medicaid provider. Apollon worked…
Pennsylvania Nurse Practitioner Charged with Illegal Prescribing and Fraud
Attorney General Josh Shapiro announced that a Bradford County nurse practitioner has been charged with felony violations of Drug Act, Insurance Fraud, and Medicaid Fraud.…
10 FL Residents Indicted for $67M Healthcare Fraud, Wire Fraud, Kickback, and Money Laundering
Ten Florida residents were charged in an indictment in the Southern District of Florida for their alleged roles in a $67 million healthcare fraud, wire…
Fourteen Individuals Accused of Stealing $4.2 Million in Hospice Deceptive Scam
Fourteen individuals have been accused of stealing more than $4.2 million from Medicare and Medi-Cal programs. The fourteen individuals who were arrested are from two…
WA Mental Health Counselor Agrees to Pay More Than $135K for Fraudulent Medicaid Billing
Dr. Ray Smith, a mental health counselor practicing in Spokane, and his company, “A Brief Counseling Center,” also known as “Healthy Counseling Center” (“ABCC”) have…
Kentucky Researchers Test Wastewater in Nursing Homes for COVID-19
A research team at the University of Kentucky has spent the past year collecting wastewater samples at six nursing homes in Kentucky, including three in…
NY Employers: Continue Implementing Your Airborne Infectious Disease Exposure Prevention Plans
Although New York’s statewide indoor mask mandate ended Feb. 10, 2022, New York employers must continue to implement airborne infectious disease exposure prevention plans, pursuant…
US DOL recovers $221K for nursing staff after re-investigation again finds violations
An investigation by the US Department of Labor recovered $221,307 in back wages and damages for 32 nursing staff employees of a Luzerne County treatment…