Hospital Workers Sound Alarm on Rising Violence
The San Leandro Hospital emergency department, where nurse Mawata Kamara works, went into lockdown recently when a visitor, agitated about being barred from seeing a…
Connecticut Hospital Enters Into Plea Agreement for Disability Discrimination Complaint
A Connecticut hospital has entered into a Voluntary Resolution Agreement with the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the US Department of Health and Human…
MI Healthcare Services Providers Pay $8.5 Million to Resolve Overpayment of Medicare Claims
US Medical Management, LLC (“USMM”) and VPA, PC (“VPA”), providers of home-based healthcare services, have agreed to pay the United States $8.5 million to resolve…
Telecare Sued by EEOC for Disability Discrimination
Mental health and psychiatric treatment provider Telecare Mental Health Services of Washington, Inc. violated federal law when it withdrew a job offer because of a…
Feds interview residents, staff at two NJ veterans’ homes where 194 died from COVID-19
Federal investigators descended on two state-run veterans’ homes this week as part of the US government’s investigation into deficiencies in care at the nursing homes…
Hazmat Response Required for Mixing of Two Common Cleaning Products in an Assisted Living Facility
An employee at an assisted living facility in Tennessee mixed chlorine bleach and ammonia together, which caused a hazardous gas to be created. A smoke…
Religious Exemptions to Vaccine Mandates Tested in New York Case
Thousands of New York healthcare workers are in limbo as a federal judge considers whether the state’s vaccination mandate must accommodate requests for religious exemptions,…
Residents return to Indiana nursing home after June flood evacuation
Residents of a Bloomington nursing home were able to return to their home facility Tuesday, more than three months after historic flooding forced them to…
New ‘Digest of EEO Law’ Issued by EEOC
The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced that the newest edition of the federal sector Digest of Equal Employment Opportunity Law (EEO Digest)…
Health System Charged with Disability Discrimination and Retaliation by EEOC
The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed a lawsuit against a health system for discriminating against a registered nurse and a class of employees…