Officials: Fire at New Jersey Nursing Home Forces Temporary Evacuation
A fire reported just before 12:30 p.m. on the roof of a nursing home in Holmdel temporarily forced residents to evacuate.
Dermatology Providers to Pay $850K Over False Wound Repair Claims
Forefront Dermatology SC and Henghold Surgery Center LLC, have agreed to pay $847,394 to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by knowingly…
HHS Settles with Provider over HIPAA Violations in Ransomware Attack
On July 23, 2025, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced a settlement with a central New…
New Jersey Rehab Facility Evacuated Following Sprinkler Head Rupture
A sprinkler head that ruptured near electrical lines led to evacuations at a nursing and rehabilitation facility in Plainsboro late Tuesday night, according to a…
Clinical Lab Admits Guilt in MassHealth Fraud and Kickback Scheme
The Attorney General’s Office (AGO) announced that Optimum Labs, Inc., a New Bedford based clinical laboratory, and its owner, William Owens (Owens) of New Bedford,…
Man Arrested for Billing Medicaid for Hospitalized or Deceased Patients
Agents with Attorney General Liz Murrill’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit arrested a Baton Rouge man for Medicaid Fraud recently. 38-year-old Johnny O’Neal Richardson, of Mobile…
Louisiana Medicaid Recipient Arrested After Buying Lamborghini
Agents with Attorney General Liz Murrill’s Louisiana Bureau of Investigation arrested a Slidell woman for Government Benefits Fraud. 35-year-old Candace M. Taylor, of Rousset Ridge…
Study: UV Lights Slightly Lower Respiratory Illness in Nursing Homes
Using germicidal ultraviolet (GUV) lights in the common areas of four nursing homes didn’t cut rates of acute respiratory infections (ARIs) per zone but did…
Man Arrested for Alleged Sexual Assault at Nursing Home
According to court documents, 38-year-old Bobby Lee Boyd was arrested for allegedly raping an elderly woman and fellow resident of Edmond Health Care Center on…
Healthcare Network Study of Carbapenem-Resistant Klebsiella
Among drug-resistant organisms, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) identified carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales (CRE) as a prominent, “urgent threat” to patients in healthcare facilities.