Georgia Hospital Notifying 163,000 of 2024 Ransomware Hack
A public Georgia community hospital is notifying more than 163,000 people that their sensitive personal and health information was compromised in a June 2024 ransomware…
Owner of Facility for Intellectually Disabled Adults Pleads Guilty to Healthcare Fraud
Kelley Oliver-Hollis, 61, a Pennsylvania woman, pleaded guilty in federal court to healthcare fraud. Through her plea, she also acknowledged responsibility for 39 other counts…
CMS Updates Medicare Signature Requirements Guidance
In July 2025, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released updated guidance on complying with Medicare signature requirements, including new information on stamped…
Former Nurse Charged with License Fraud and Controlled Substance Diversion
An investigation by special agents with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation’s Medicaid Fraud Control Division has resulted in the indictment and arrest of a former…
Wyoming CNA Accused of Trading THC Vape Cartridges for Patient’s Oxycodone
A home health certified nursing assistant (CNA) has been charged with delivery of a controlled substance for allegedly of trading vape cartridges in exchange for…
Nursing Home Cited After Woman Is Locked Out All Night During Thunderstorm
An Iowa nursing home inadvertently locked a resident out of the facility, leaving her outside the building overnight in the rain, according to state inspection…
HHS Announces Crackdown on Information Blocking
On September 3, 2025, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced that Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. has directed the agency to…
Texas Nursing Home Faces Criminal Charges for Resident’s Death During 2021 Freeze
The Travis County district attorney’s office has indicted a North Austin assisted living facility and two of its workers for the death of a resident…
Maryland Caregiver Who Abused Vulnerable Adult in His Care Gets Sentenced
Fouodzing Mbord, 49, of Maryland, was sentenced for the physical abuse of a vulnerable adult in his care in November 2023. Superior Court Judge Errol…
NM AG Charges Impostor Nurse Who Nearly Caused Fatal Morphine Overdose
On August 25, 2025, a Bernalillo County grand jury indicted a woman accused of stealing multiple nurses’ identities and illegally providing care to hospice patients.…