CDC Issues Alert on Recent Increase in Invasive Group A Strep Infections
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a Health Alert Network (HAN) Health Advisory on December 22, 2022, to notify clinicians and public…
New York Doctor to Pay over $2 Million to Resolve Findings of Illegal Billing
The New York attorney general announced on December 22, 2022, that her office had reached a civil settlement with a doctor and his medical practices,…
Nursing Home Manager Pleads Guilty to Stealing over $50K from Residents
On 12/21/2022 prosecutors announced that a nursing home manager pleaded guilty to stealing money from the bank accounts of 11 developmentally disabled residents in her…
Iowa Nursing Home Cited for a Methamphetamine-Smoking Resident
An Iowa nursing home was cited recently by state inspectors for 16 regulatory violations, including a failure to address the illegal drug use of a…
White House and CDC Release New COVID-19 Vaccine Directives for LTC Facilities
Long-Term Care facilities (LTCs) have been authorized to administer single-dose Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines to all residents. The announcement was made on December 15, 2022, by…
HHS OCR Resolves HIPAA Right of Access Investigation with $20,000 Settlement
On 12/15/2022, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced a settlement with a Florida healthcare…
EEOC Sues Georgia Healthcare System for Religious Discrimination
A pediatric healthcare system in Georgia violated federal law when it fired a maintenance assistant for requesting a religious exemption to its influenza vaccination policy,…
Nursing Home Psychologist Admits Defrauding Medicaid, Medicare, and Private Insurers
A licensed psychologist of Greenwich, Connecticut, waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty to healthcare fraud. According to court documents and statements made…
Registered Nurse Sentenced for Tampering with Medications Intended for Patients
A 30-year-old woman of Grand Island, NY, who was convicted of tampering with a consumer product, was sentenced to serve 37 months in prison. Between…
Georgia Hospital Fires Four Nurses for TikTok Video Making Fun of Patients
A Georgia hospital fired four nurses after they posted a video making fun of hospital patients on TikTok. Nurses in the Maternity Center at the…