On June 11, 2021, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) released an emergency temporary standard (ETS) to settings where any employee provides healthcare services…
A 78-year-old resident jumped out of a second-story window in a New York nursing home on June 1, 2021. The incident occurred several hours after…
A former procurement director of a hospital in Florida has pled guilty in a federal district court to a federal conspiracy charge, admitting that he…
The US Department of Labor is suing a New York community health center and its CEO after they suspended and later fired an employee who…
A federal court has entered a consent judgment resolving a US Department of Labor lawsuit filed after an investigation that a Pennsylvania home healthcare agency…
On June 2, 2021, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) updated their criteria recommendations for healthcare personnel (HCP) returning to work with confirmed…
The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the US Department of Health and Human Services announced its nineteenth settlement of an enforcement action in its…
The US Department of Health and Human Services and the Office of Inspector General (HHS-OIG) announced that the United States has filed a civil healthcare…
The US Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has reached a settlement with a Florida-based behavioral healthcare and residential treatment facility (facility)…
An Ohio federal grand jury has returned a twenty-four-count indictment charging four individuals for their roles in healthcare fraud conspiracy that resulted in more than…