The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recommends that healthcare facilities and providers NOT purchase or use medical gloves that are imported from companies that are…
Arthrex Inc., a Florida-based orthopedic device company, has agreed to pay $16 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act (FCA) by…
Sikirat Adunni Brown, 60, of Upper Marlboro, Md., was sentenced to 13 months in prison for defrauding the DC Medicaid program out of more than…
Nursing homes and assisted living facilities are dealing with a staffing crisis. There just aren’t enough people who want to work in those facilities, so…
On November 4, 2021, the Biden-Harris Administration announced that all eligible staff employed at healthcare facilities that participate in Medicare and Medicaid programs will be…
Attorney General Josh Stein announced that James Aaron Lawson and Tanisha Latoy Darden each pleaded guilty to attempted medical assistance provider fraud. They were sentenced…
A Virginia man was arraigned on an indictment charging tax fraud that was returned by a federal grand jury in Roanoke, Virginia, on Aug. 20,…
The COVID-19 pandemic caused nursing homes to rapidly change their policies overnight, and telehealth was instantly adopted widely in an effort to reduce stress on…
The Yale School of Nursing recently developed an infection prevention resource for long-term care facilities. The resource is known as Infection Prevention Compendium for Long-Term…
The US Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration today announced a new emergency temporary standard to protect more than 84 million workers from the…