On April 4, 2024, Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown announced that an assisted living facility employee had been convicted for abuse of vulnerable adults.…
On April 2, 2024, three defendants were sentenced to federal prison after having previously been found guilty of wire fraud and conspiracy to commit wire…
An Iowa nurse who stole pain medication from at least 50 new mothers at a Waterloo hospital was sentenced on March 27, 2024, to one…
Two laboratory marketers and their marketing companies, as well as five physicians, and certain affiliated entities have agreed to pay a total of $1,501,162 to…
On April 1, 2024, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office for Civil Rights (OCR), announced a $100,000 civil monetary penalty against…
A Missouri laboratory and three of its owners have agreed to pay the United States $13,619,660.18 to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims…
A nurse at an Iowa hospital pleaded not guilty to criminal charges that she deliberately overdosed patients with medications. She was charged with six criminal…
An elderly man who was nonverbal died from burn injuries after being left too long in a whirlpool of scalding water at a state-run West…
Florida Nursing home operators and their related companies have agreed to pay $67,500 to settle a national origin discrimination lawsuit filed by the US Equal…
On March 20, 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued new guidance for nursing homes on the use of enhanced barrier precautions…