OCR Issues Guidance on System Hardening to Protect ePHI
On January 8, 2026, the US Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) released new guidance highlighting system hardening as…
CMS Responds to Care Compare Data Concerns Following iQIES Transition
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced changes to Nursing Home Care Compare aimed at addressing data issues that emerged following the…
Arizona AG Settles Case Involving Elopement and Heat Death of a Vulnerable Adult
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes announced on January 8, 2026, the resolution of litigation involving an assisted living facility and its owners following repeated noncompliance…
Laboratory to Pay $6.8M and Plead Guilty to Resolve Kickback Allegations
A South Carolina clinical laboratory company and its founder and chief executive have agreed to pay at least $6.8 million to the United States to…
Minnesota Health Department Substantiates Financial Theft by Facility Staff
The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) concluded an investigation on December 22, 2025, substantiating financial exploitation of a vulnerable adult by a dietary staff member…
Nevada Attorney General Announces Sentencing of Owner of Behavioral Health Company
On December 29, 2025, Nevada Attorney General Aaron D. Ford announced that a Las Vegas-based behavioral health company and its owner were sentenced for fraudulently…
CMS Releases New Training Resource on SNF Assessment-Based Data Validation Process
On December 23, 2025, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced the availability of a new training resource focused on the data validation…
South Carolina Woman Charged with Unlicensed Nursing and Medication Theft
South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced that his office’s Vulnerable Adults and Medicaid Provider Fraud unit (VAMPF) arrested a 40-year-old woman from Piedmont, South…
Neglect Finding at Minnesota Nursing Home After Resident Injured in Lift Incident
The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) substantiated a finding of neglect after investigating an allegation under the Minnesota Reporting of Maltreatment of Vulnerable Adults Act.…
Wisconsin Nurse Practitioner Sentenced to Federal Prison for Unlawful Prescribing
Brad D. Schimel, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on December 18, 2025, United States District Judge J.P. Stadtmueller sentenced…