CMS Proposes $611,000 Fine of Washington Nursing Home Related to COVID-19 Deaths
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has proposed fining a Washington nursing home $611,000 after a March 16 state and federal inspection of…
HHS: Fraudulent OCR investigator attempting to obtain PHI
The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights April 3 warned HIPAA-covered entities of an individual posing as an OCR investigator attempting…
101-Year-Old German Woman Escapes Senior Home Amid Coronavirus Lockdown
A 101-year-old woman crept out of an old people’s home in a bid to get to visit her daughter on her birthday, German police said…
NM Supreme Court rules against Nursing Home’s Requirement for Resolving Claims by Arbitration
The state Supreme Court Monday ruled that an Albuquerque nursing home’s arbitration agreement was invalid and unenforceable in a wrongful death lawsuit brought by a…
Wisconsin Physician Agrees to Pay Financial Penalties to Resolve Allegations That He Prescribed Opioids Illegally and Violated False Claims Act
United States Attorney Matthew D. Krueger announced that Dr. Mehran Heydarpour of Brookfield, Wisconsin, agreed to pay $175,000 to resolve allegations that he prescribed opioid…
New Guidelines for Nursing Homes to Combat COVID-19 Issued by US Administration
Nursing homes have been issued additional guidelines by the Trump Administration to help prevent the spread of and combat COVID-19. Previously, nursing homes were required…
Utah Police Mistakenly Serve Warrant at Wrong Home, Handcuff Disabled Patient
Drug agents in Utah have apologized for serving a warrant at the wrong house, breaking down a door, and handcuffing a staff member and a…
New Jersey Chiropractor Agrees to Pay $2 Million to Resolve Allegations of Unnecessary Knee Injections and Knee Braces and Related Kickbacks
David Podell, a New Jersey chiropractor, has agreed to pay the United States $2 million to resolve False Claims Act allegations that he both knowingly…
NJ tells nursing homes: Be transparent about coronavirus, or we will out you
After complaints about a lack of transparency regarding outbreaks of the coronavirus in long-term care facilities in New jersey, the state Department of Health is…
CMS Issues Electronic Toolkit for Providing Telehealth and Telemedicine in Nursing Homes
Responding to the COVID-19 crisis, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently issued an electronic toolkit for nursing home facilities to use as…