A Virginia skilled nursing facility has agreed to pay compensatory damages and a civil penalty, in addition to enacting remedial actions for residents with disabilities,…
A class-action lawsuit was filed against a New York nursing home in 2019 for being unsafe, understaffed, and negligent in its care of residents. In…
The Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) reports that since December 2020, the US has fully vaccinated over 1.4 million residents in long-term care facilities (LTCF) and…
A licensed practical nurse (LPN) from Florida has been arrested for exploitation of an elderly person. An investigation conducted by the Attorney General’s Office Medicaid…
On April 27, 2021, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) updated their recommendations for healthcare personnel (HCP) while at work, and for all…
A 127-bed Idaho nursing home has chosen to close the facility and relocate the residents after failure to comply with Medicare and Medicaid program requirements.…
A former Connecticut nursing home owner has been sentenced to 2 1/2 years in federal prison for stealing millions of dollars of employee’s benefits. The…
The government’s primary civil tool for addressing healthcare fraud is the False Claims Act (FCA). Based on the information it gathers in an FCA case,…
A former admissions director of a Massachusetts nursing home has pled guilty in connection with an embezzlement scheme to steal thousands of dollars from an…
A home health company in Connecticut and its owner entered into a civil settlement agreement with the federal government to resolve allegations of improperly employing…