Pennsylvania Physician to Pay $850,000 to Resolve Potential Liability under False Claims Act
Nava K. Nawaz, MD of Mechanicsburg, PA has agreed to pay the United States $850,000 to resolve allegations that she submitted fraudulent travel claims to…
OSHA Issues Guidance on Adequate Ventilation to Reduce the Spread of COVID-19
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recently issued COVID-19 guidance for ensuring adequate ventilation in the work environment that can help to maintain a…
US DOL Issues Guidance to Frequently Cited Standards Related to COVID-19 Inspections
The US Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has issued guidance and an accompanying one-pager to help employers understand which standards are…
OCR Settles Tenth Investigation in HIPAA Right of Access Initiative
Riverside Psychiatric Medical Group (“RPMG”) has agreed to take corrective actions and pay $25,000 to settle a potential violation of the HIPAA Privacy Rule’s right…
Missouri Attorney General Reaches Settlement with Nursing Home for Alleged Medicaid Fraud
Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt announced that Life Care Center of Bridgeton, on October 29, 2020, entered into a civil settlement agreement with his Medicaid…
Mass. DPH Given OK to Freeze Admissions to Nursing Homes with High COVID-19 Risk
An order issued by Massachusetts Public Health Commissioner Dr. Monica Bharel gives the Department of Public Health authority to temporarily freeze admissions at certain nursing…
Aspire Health Partners to Pay $115,000 to Settle EEOC Disability Discrimination Lawsuit
Aspire Health Partners, a non-profit behavioral healthcare organization headquartered in Orlando, Florida, will pay $115,000 and furnish other relief to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit…
Massachusetts Nurse Ordered to Start Sentence in Drug Tampering Case
Brianna Duffy was supposed to start serving a five-year federal prison term in January for diluting the pain medication of at least 16 nursing home…
Most Georgia Hospitals Getting Penalized for Readmissions
More than 80 Georgia hospitals will receive lower reimbursements from Medicare because of their high rates of patient readmissions.
Kansas Nursing Home Faces Removal from Medicare Due to Lax COVID-19 Infection Control
Every resident and 36 staff members in a Kansas nursing home have tested positive for COVID-19, and 12 have died in a county with the…