Some Nursing Homes Struggling to Find Takers for Leftover Vaccines
As officials push to make sure there are enough COVID-19 vaccines to inoculate the nation’s vulnerable long-term care residents, many nursing homes are facing the…
Iowa Doctor Agrees to Pay $100,000 to Resolve Allegations that He Overprescribed Opioids
Dr. Paul Lottes, a family medicine physician in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, has agreed to pay $100,000 to resolve allegations that he violated the Controlled Substances…
Electronic Health Records Technology Vendor to Pay $18.25 Million to Resolve Kickback Allegations
A national electronic health records (EHR) technology vendor based in Watertown, Massachusetts, athenahealth Inc. (Athena), has agreed to pay $18.25 million to resolve allegations that…
Former Massachusetts Nurse Pleads Guilty to Tampering with Hydromorphone and Meperidine
Mark Croft, 48, a former nurse, pleaded guilty in federal court in Boston to tampering with opioids intended for emergency department patients at a hospital…
Wrongful Death Lawsuit Filed against Kansas Assisted Living after Failing to Conduct Timely Background Check
A wrongful death lawsuit has been filed in federal court against a Kansas assisted living and retirement facility. The lawsuit accuses the assisted living center…
NY Attorney General Releases Report on Nursing Homes’ Response to COVID-19
Attorney General Letitia James today released a report on her office’s ongoing investigations into nursing homes’ responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. Since March, Attorney General James…
OK Nursing Home Employee Accused of Using Residents to Steal Drugs
A northwest Oklahoma City nursing home employee is under investigation after being accused of using the home’s residents to steal opioids through fraudulent prescription refill…
NJ Doctor Sentenced to 33 Months in Prison for Role in $24 Million Telemedicine Compounded Medication Scheme
Bernard Ogon, 48, a Burlington County, New Jersey, doctor was sentenced to 33 months in prison for his role in a telemedicine scheme to prescribe…
Businessman Charged in Scheme to Hoard Personal Protective Equipment and Price Gouge Healthcare Providers
Kenneth Bryan Ritchey, 57, of Ocean Springs, Mississippi, was charged with defrauding the United States and other healthcare providers in a $1.8 million scheme related…
Fired NY Nursing Director Ordered to Comply with Investigation Into 23 COVID-19 Deaths
The nursing director fired from an Albion nursing home where 23 residents died from Covid-19 before the end of May was ordered Tuesday to comply…