RI Chiropractor Sentenced in Healthcare Fraud, Tax Evasion Scheme
A Providence chiropractor who admitted to creating and executing a scheme to defraud a healthcare benefits program and who failed to pay taxes on some…
Health Workers and Hospitals Grapple with Millions of Counterfeit N95 Masks
Thousands of counterfeit 3M respirators have slipped past U.S. investigators in recent months, making it to the cheeks and chins of healthcare workers and perplexing…
Father and Son Guilty of Defrauding HUD through Texarkana Alzheimer’s ALF
Dr. Rafael Otero, 68, Texarkana, Texas, pleaded guilty to an information charging him with defrauding the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). In…
OCR Settles Fifteenth Investigation in HIPAA Right of Access Initiative
The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the US Department of Health and Human Services announces its fifteenth settlement of an enforcement action in its…
California Nursing Facility Fined Almost $60,000 from Cal/OSHA for COVID-19 Violations
A skilled nursing facility in California has been fined almost $60,000 from Cal/OSHA for not properly protecting its workers from COVID-19 during the pandemic. The…
Man Sentenced for Healthcare Fraud in Excess of $175,000 Which Involved Nursing Home Residents
A Bethesda, Maryland man was sentenced to 18 months in prison for healthcare fraud. In addition to the prison term imposed, he was also ordered…
Former Kansas Medical Center Employee Pleads Guilty to Embezzling More Than $500,000
Michael Tae Kim Ahlers, 49, of Lenexa, Kansas, has pleaded guilty to federal charges of bank fraud and filing a false tax return related to…
Ohio to Give Nursing Home Workers Second Chance at Vaccine
Nursing home workers who declined the coronavirus vaccine during the first round of shots will be given another opportunity to take it, Gov. Mike DeWine…
One Dead, Four Injured in Shooting at Minnesota Health Clinic
A 67-year-old man unhappy with the healthcare he’d received opened fire at a clinic Tuesday, killing one person and wounding four others, and bomb technicians…
EEOC Sues Saint Clare’s Health for Disability Discrimination
Saint Clare’s Health, a division of Prime Healthcare Services that operates two hospitals in Morris County, NJ, violated federal law when it refused to accommodate…