FDA Recall Alert: Baxter Permanently Removes Life2000 Ventilation System
This recall involves removing certain devices from where they are used or sold. The FDA has identified this recall as the most serious type. This…
Behavioral Health Provider Pays $1.9 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations
North Carolina’s largest behavioral health practice with offices statewide, along with three former officers, has paid $1,900,000 to the United States to resolve allegations that…
Indian National Sentenced to Prison in $1M Medicare Fraud Scheme
An Indian national convicted of healthcare fraud was sentenced to two years in prison, announced US Attorney Charles Neil Floyd. Mohammed Asif, 35, was arrested…
Healthcare CEO Arrested at San Francisco Airport in Alleged $7M VA Fraud Scheme
The CEO of a Fresno-based home healthcare company was arrested at San Francisco International Airport while attempting to board a flight to Nigeria. He is…
Minnesota Nursing Home Investigated over Borrowing from Residents
The Minnesota Department of Health recently investigated a complaint against a St. Charles nursing home alleging that a nurse financially exploited residents by directing staff…
CMS Repeals 24/7 RN Requirement in Long-Term Care Staffing Rule
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has rescinded a key provision of its 2024 minimum staffing rule for long-term care facilities. An interim…
Virginia Nurse Charged with Repeatedly Tampering with Pain Relief Drugs
A nurse is facing dozens of criminal charges after she was accused of repeatedly tampering with drugs during the course of her employment at Patient…
New York State Department of Health Declares Flu Prevalent Across the State
New York State Health Commissioner Dr. James McDonald declared that influenza (flu) is now prevalent in New York State. The declaration requires healthcare facilities and…
Largest NC Behavioral Health Practice to Pay $1.9M to Resolve Allegedly False Claims
Mindpath Care Centers, North Carolina, PLLC, North Carolina’s largest behavioral health practice with offices statewide, along with former officers Jeff Williams, Abigail Sheriff, and Sarah…
SC AG Announces Two Upstate Medicaid Providers Charged with Fraud
South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced that his office’s Vulnerable Adults and Medicaid Provider Fraud unit (VAMPF) has arrested Tami Ferguson Stewart, 65 years…