Georgia Chiropractors Sentenced for Healthcare and Tax Fraud
Two metro-Atlanta chiropractors, Allan Spagnardi and Stacy Spagnardi, have been sentenced to federal prison for using their chiropractic clinic to commit healthcare fraud and for…
HHS OCR Secures Corrective Action and Ensures FL Orthopedic Practice Protects Patients with HIV from Discrimination
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights (HHS OCR) has successfully secured corrective action and resolved a complaint against the…
Tennessee Nursing Home to Make Corrections after Improper Medicaid Billing, Patient Grooming Charges
State auditors say the Bledsoe County Nursing Home in Pikeville, Tennessee, improperly billed Medicaid almost $52,000 for resident leave days, and inappropriately billed 76 nursing…
California Nursing Home Residents Told to Find New Homes
Some of California’s most vulnerable nursing home residents, many of whom have nowhere else to go, are receiving letters from their healthcare plans saying they…
Most Serious Nursing Home Complaints in MA Not Investigated in Required Time
A report with the Office of the Inspector General for the US Department of Health and Human Services said almost 75 percent of serious nursing…
Former Administrator of Texarkana Assisted Living Facility Guilty of Federal Violations
A 43-year-old Little Rock, AR man has pleaded guilty to federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Joseph D. Brown. According…
Illinois Nursing Homes Fined for Substandard Care
A Springfield nursing home’s failure to give a patient multiple prescribed doses of medicine for diabetes resulted in her being hospitalized in intensive care and…
Detroit Home Health Owner Sentenced to Prison for Role in $1.5 Million Medicare Kickback Scheme
The owner of a Michigan home health agency was sentenced to 60 months in prison for his role in a scheme involving approximately $1.5 million…
Sanford Health Entities to Pay $20.25 Million to Settle False Claims Act Allegations Regarding Kickbacks and Unnecessary Spinal Surgeries
The Department of Justice announced that hospital entities Sanford Health, Sanford Medical Center, and Sanford Clinic (collectively, Sanford), of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, have agreed…
Small Fire at New Jersey Nursing Home Prompts Evacuations of Residents, Staff
A small fire at the Hammonton Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing caused the evacuation of several residents and staff members Sunday morning.