Nurse Pleads Guilty to Tampering with Morphine at Washington Clinic
Esther Rae Tuller, age 40, of Moses Lake, Washington, has pleaded guilty to tampering with morphine medication while working as a registered nurse. According to…
Maryland Health Department Hit by Cyberattack
Maryland authorities are investigating a cyberattack that took the state Department of Health offline this past weekend, as they determine if any information has been…
Gas Leak Forces Residents from Florida Nursing Home
Traffic along Cypress Gardens Boulevard was blocked and a nursing home had to be evacuated after a gas leak in Winter Haven Monday morning.
Federal Court Sentences Kentucky Pharmacist to Prison, Orders $188K in Restitution
A Louisville pharmacist who fraudulently billed healthcare benefit plans for $188,157 in unfilled prescriptions will serve 9 months in prison and 2 years of supervised…
Wrongful Death Lawsuit Filed against Wisconsin Hospital by Family Members of Patient
Family members of a patient who died from Legionnaires’ Disease at a Wisconsin hospital have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against that hospital. The patient…
From Maggots to Sex Abuse, Nursing Homes Sue California to Overturn Citations, Fines
At a nursing home in Los Angeles last year, a nurse’s aide was giving a resident a bed bath when she noticed something moving around…
CMS Updates Blanket Waivers with 1135 Waiver for Directors of Food and Nutrition Services
CMS has updated the COVID-19 Emergency Declaration Blanket Waivers for Healthcare Providers to include the new waiver for directors of food and nutrition services for…
New HHS Study Shows 63-Fold Increase in Medicare Telehealth Utilization during the Pandemic
A new report from the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) found that massive increases in the use of telehealth helped maintain some…
Pittsburgh Woman Sentenced for Conspiracy, Healthcare Fraud, and Aggravated Identity Theft
On December 1, 2021, a woman from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, was sentenced in federal court for conspiracy to defraud the Pennsylvania Medicaid Program, healthcare fraud, and…
FL Medical Biller Pleads Guilty to Healthcare Fraud, Aggravated Identity Theft, and Tax Offenses
Joshua Maywalt (40, Tampa) has pleaded guilty to four counts of healthcare fraud, four counts of aggravated identity theft, one count of filing a false…