Minn. Nursing Homes in Rural Areas See Staff Shortages Worsen with COVID-19
Facilities caring for older adults are struggling with low staffing levels, as COVID-19 makes an ongoing problem even worse.
EEOC Sues Medical Transport Company for Sexual Harassment
MedicOne Medical Response, an independent medical transport company providing ambulance services, violated federal civil rights laws when it failed to correct ongoing sexual harassment at…
EEOC Sues Colorado Nursing Home for Sexual Harassment
SSC Montrose San Juan Operating Co., LLC, SavaSeniorCare Administrative Services, LLC, and Sava Senior Care LLC (collectively, “Sava”) violated federal law by tolerating the sexual…
New York Nurse Sues for $200K in Unpaid Wages: Lawsuit
A Crown Heights nursing home is facing a class-action lawsuit claiming it owes hundreds of thousands of dollars in unpaid overtime to its nursing staff.
Healthcare Staffing Company Pays More Than $3 Million in Back Wages
Favorite Healthcare Staffing Inc., based in Overland Park, Kansas, has paid $3,068,859 in back wages to 1,677 contract employees hired to conduct coronavirus testing in…
PML Services to Pay $60,000 to Settle EEOC Disability Discrimination Suit
The company that operates the IHG Army Hotel at Fort McCoy in Wisconsin will pay $60,000 to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit brought by the…
EEOC Sues Scottsdale Healthcare Hospitals/Honorhealth for Disability Discrimination
Scottsdale Healthcare Hospitals, doing business as HonorHealth, which provides medical care at a number of hospitals and medical facilities in the Phoenix area, failed to…
Wisconsin Gov. Evers, Secretary-designee Palm Issue Order to Expand Healthcare Workforce
In response to the current surge in cases and the growing strain on Wisconsin’s healthcare system, today Gov. Tony Evers and Wisconsin Department of Health…
Imposter Nurse Sentenced for Wire Fraud, Healthcare Fraud and Identity Theft
Misty Dawn Bacon, 44, of Morristown, was sentenced to 51 months, followed by three years of supervised release. Bacon, a convicted felon, began working in…
Kindred at Home Sued by EEOC for Disability Discrimination and Retaliation
Gentiva Health Services, Inc. d/b/a Kindred at Home (“Kindred”), a provider of home health services, including nursing and rehabilitation assistance, violated federal law when it…