California Skilled Nursing Home Kitchen Closed Due to Rat Infestation
By the time Sonoma County health officials were called in to inspect the kitchen of a Petaluma skilled nursing home, the presence of rats was…
Anesthesiologist Convicted of Tampering with IV Bags Linked to Cardiac Emergencies during Routine Surgeries
A Dallas anesthesiologist was convicted for injecting dangerous drugs into patient IV bags, leading to one death and numerous cardiac emergencies, the Justice Department announced.…
Former Texas Nursing Home Worker Gets Probation in Death of Man Tied to Wheelchair
A former employee of a Texas nursing home pleaded guilty in the death of a resident who was tied to a wheelchair, and received five…
Additional Charges Filed against Man Assaulting Women While Posing as Nurse at Pennsylvania Urgent Care
Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin R. Steele and Abington Township Police Chief Patrick Molloy announce that 24 felony and misdemeanor criminal charges involving 12 additional…
Father and Daughter Charged in Scheme that Allegedly Exploited a Nursing Home Resident
A father and daughter, both of Cordova, Maryland, were charged in a five-count indictment, unsealed on April 11, 2024, with conspiracy to commit Social Security…
Sober Home Owner Sentenced to Four Years in Prison for Defrauding over $4 Million
On April 10, a substance abuse facility owner was sentenced to four years in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, and ordered…
Two Doctors Sentenced for $4M Fraudulent Urine Drug Testing Scheme
The owner and the medical director of a Kentucky pain clinic were sentenced for their respective roles in a scheme that defrauded Medicare, Medicaid, and…
Telemedicine Nurse Practitioner Sentenced for $7.8M Durable Medical Equipment Fraud Scheme
A Virginia-based nurse practitioner was sentenced in federal court in Boston in connection with a $7.8 million telemedicine fraud scheme involving medically unnecessary durable medical…
Maryland Defendant Charged in Superseding Indictment Practiced in Northwest
Ndubuisi Joseph Okafor, MD, 64, of Upper Marlboro, Maryland, was charged in US District Court on a 29-count count superseding indictment for illegally distributing prescriptions…
DOL Recovers $37K in Back Wages for 35 Caregivers Misclassified as Independent Contractors
Investigators with the department’s Wage and Hour Division found a South Carolina home healthcare services provider misclassified workers as independent contractors and, by doing so,…