On January 1, 2022, a Florida based healthcare system notified patients and staff that their personal information was subject to a data breach that began… 

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Infection Control Assessment and Response (ICAR) tool was updated on January 7, 2022. ICAR tools are used… 

A South Carolina man has been arrested for financial transaction card fraud and exploitation of a vulnerable adult who was a resident of a nursing… 

Investigators from the US Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division discovered that the pay practices of three Oklahoma City nursing homes denied 129 workers… 

Over 1,700 patients’ protected health information (PHI) was breached when their billing statements were mailed in error to one patient. The billing statements, however, never… 

The Office of Inspector General (OIG) settled multiple healthcare cases during the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2021. The settled cases begin the process of… 

On December 28, 2021, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released guidance for the November 5, 2021, interim final rule that established requirements… 

A former charge nurse of an Illinois nursing home was sentenced to 24 months of probation for identity theft. The nurse was accused of unlawful… 

A North Carolina man was sentenced to serve 70 years in prison and three years of supervised release for conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud. Additionally,… 

According to the Department of Justice, a Massachusetts Registered Nurse (RN) was sentenced on December 20, 2021, for drug tampering. The RN was sentenced to…