Jury Acquits Nurse Charged in Death of Patient at Ohio Nursing Home
A Franklin County jury acquitted a nurse of involuntary manslaughter and patient neglect, more than two years after she and six other workers at a…
Dallas Home Care Provider Did Not Pay Employees Overtime Wages
A recent investigation by the US Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division substantiated complaints during a federal investigation that a Dallas Home Care Provider…
Use of Post-Acute Care by Medicare Beneficiaries with a Diagnosis of Dementia
Hospitalized patients with dementia transitioning to post-acute care may be particularly vulnerable to changes in post-acute care utilization driven by payment reforms; however, use of…
New York must allow religious exemptions on COVID vaccine mandate, judge rules
A federal judge has affirmed an order requiring New York to allow religious exemptions to its COVID-19 vaccine mandate after a group of healthcare workers…
Illinois Nurse Pleads Guilty to Stealing Drugs from Elderly Patients
A Belleville nurse, Angela Mohler, 40, pled guilty to five counts of obtaining drugs by fraud on Wednesday, October 13, 2021. According to court documents,…
Physician Agrees to Pay $640,000 to Resolve Allegations of Accepting Payments for Referrals
According to an announcement from the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) on October 12, 2021, a Louisiana physician has agreed to pay the United…
US DOL proposes $83K in fines to IL healthcare facility for failing to protect workers from coronavirus hazards
A Bloomingdale nursing facility failed to protect employees and temporary staff from possible coronavirus hazards a year after an employee died of the disease. The…
California Senior Living Center Fined for Physical Abuse and Employing Individual Not Cleared to Work as a Caregiver
California surveyors substantiated a complaint for a California senior living center where a caregiver was videoed hitting an elderly resident who was diagnosed with dementia.…
Breakthrough infections might not be a big transmission risk. Here’s the evidence.
Conventional wisdom says that if you’re vaccinated and you get a breakthrough infection with the coronavirus, you can transmit that infection to someone else and…
Former Medical Office Manager Sentenced to 27 Months for Embezzling Money from Practice
Sean P. Costello, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Alabama, announces that Chief Judge Jeffery Beaverstock has sentenced defendant Betty Fables Harrison…