Nurse sues Houston hospital that fired her after she refused COVID-19 vaccination
More than 100 staff members at Houston Methodist Hospital who were fired after they refused to be vaccinated for COVID-19 appealed a judge’s ruling upholding…
A Maryland Medical Practice to Pay $75,000 to Settle EEOC Suit for Disability Discrimination
On June 28, 2021, a Maryland based medical practice, with over 60 offices in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast, will pay $75,000 and furnish significant equitable…
Two Charged with Neglect in Death of Woman at Illinois Senior Living Facility
Two employees of a senior living facility in Westmont have been charged in connection with the death of a 96-year-old woman who died in February…
US DOL Recovers $1.5M in Back Wages for 242 Home Healthcare Workers in Pennsylvania, Missouri
When an employer shortchanges home healthcare workers they hurt the workers, their families and the people for whom they care. In the case of a…
PA AG Charges More Drug and Alcohol Treatment Providers for Illegal Kickbacks
Attorney General Josh Shapiro announced Medicaid Fraud charges recommended by the 45th Statewide Investigating Grand Jury against two Philadelphia-based drug and alcohol treatment facilities: Southwest…
Former NH Hospital Employee’s Request for Compassionate Release from 39-Year Sentence Denied
A federal judge rejected an effort by David M. Kwiatkowski, 41, to obtain compassionate release. Kwiatkowski, 41, a medical technician who worked at hospitals in…
Operator of Virginia Residential Nursing Facility Sentenced for Healthcare Fraud
A Portsmouth man was sentenced to two years in prison for defrauding the Virginia Medicaid program by submitting over $188,000 in false claims for a…
Former MA Nurse Sentenced for Tampering with Hydromorphone and Meperidine
A former nurse was sentenced on Tuesday, June 29 in federal court in Boston for tampering with opioids intended for emergency department patients at a…
Alabama nurse stabbed by patient who says, “You’re going to die anyway.”
An East Alabama Medical Center nurse is recovering after investigators say she was attacked and stabbed in the chest by a knife-wielding patient trying to…
California’s Second-Largest SNF Operator Pays $450,000 to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations
On June 29, 2021, a California skilled nursing facility operator and its entity agreed to pay more than $451,439 to resolve allegations that they violated…