New DHS Developments Affecting Employment Eligibility
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) recently announced that Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Honduras and Nicaragua will end on September 8, 2025, following a…
Psychiatrist Agrees to $501,556 Settlement over False Medicare, Medicaid Claims
Acting US Attorney Matthew T. Drake announced on July 22, 2025, that the US Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Missouri had reached a…
Baxter Recalls Mobile Lift Component Due to Risk of Patient Falls and Death
On July 23, 2025, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced a Class I recall—the most serious type—of the Q-Link 13 mobile lift component…
Federal Agencies Issue Advisory About Interlock Ransomware Threat
On July 22, 2025, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS),…
EEOC Sues Omaha Healthcare Staffing Firm for Sexual Harassment
Female employees at a healthcare staffing office in Omaha, Nebraska, were subjected to unlawful sexual harassment, according to a lawsuit filed by the US Equal…
Kentucky Nurse Sentenced for Opioid Diversion and Patient Privacy Violations
A 55-year-old Kentucky woman was sentenced on July 3, 2025, to five years in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for obtaining a…
Iowa Nursing Home Cited After Medication Errors Result in Hospitalizations
An Iowa nursing home was fined $13,000 following multiple medication errors that resulted in harm to residents, according to a state inspection report. On May…
Senior Living Company Pays $85K to Resolve Race, Retaliation Complaint Filed by EEOC
A management company operating several retirement and assisted living facilities in the Greater Washington DC area will pay $85,000 and provide other relief to settle…
Nine Ohio Medicaid Providers Indicted for $1.2 Million in Alleged Fraud
On July 10, 2025, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost’s office announced that nine Medicaid providers had been indicted for allegedly defrauding the government healthcare program…
Senior Living Facility Fires in 2 States Cause Deaths, Injuries, Evacuations
Two major fires at senior living facilities on July 13 resulted in multiple deaths, hospitalizations, and displacement of facility residents in Massachusetts and North Carolina.…