NH Hospital Agrees to Pay $3.8 Million to Resolve Kickback-Related False Claims Act Allegations
Catholic Medical Center (CMC) has agreed to pay $3.8 million to resolve allegations that it violated the civil False Claims Act by providing free call…
US Department of Labor Investigates Home Care Franchises after Discovery of Systemic Violations
An initial investigation of a home care company in Kentucky by the U.S. Department of Labor discovered violations of the overtime and recordkeeping regulations of…
Justice Department’s False Claims Act Settlements and Judgments Exceed $5.6 Billion in Fiscal Year 2021
The Justice Department obtained more than $5.6 billion in settlements and judgments from civil cases involving fraud and false claims against the government in the…
Florida AG Announces Arrest of Business Owner for Stealing Thousands from Medicaid Program
Attorney General Ashley Moody’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, with the assistance of the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office, arrested a business owner for stealing thousands of…
FL House Committee Advances Bill Addressing Nursing Home Staff Shortage
The House Finance & Facilities Subcommittee on Tuesday voted to advance a bill aimed at alleviating the staffing shortage at nursing homes after hearing from…
High-Risk Antibiotic Use Common in Nursing Homes after Hospitalization
Patients who are discharged to nursing homes following hospitalization are routinely prescribed antibiotics, some of which leave them at high-risk for subsequent C. diff infections,…
Michigan Senate approves $1.2B bill to help hospitals, nursing homes with staffing shortages
Michigan lawmakers on Tuesday passed a $1.2 billion spending bill to combat COVID-19, including $300 million to help hospitals, nursing homes and other healthcare facilities…
US DOL Urges Healthcare Facilities, Providers to Employ Effective Safety, Health Programs
Amid the pandemic, US healthcare workers experienced a staggering 249 percent increase in injury and illness rates in 2020 while serving those in need. In…
Indiana Home Healthcare Provider Ordered to Pay $432K in Back Wages, Damages to 171 Caregivers
An Indianapolis employer assigned home healthcare workers to shifts at two related companies but failed to combine the hours, denying them earned overtime pay when…
EEOC Recovers $75,000 for Religious Discrimination Lawsuit
A Tennessee-based provider of health services in correctional facilities will pay $75,000 to settle a religious discrimination lawsuit brought by the US Equal Employment Opportunity…