TX Nurse Practitioner Sentenced to 20 Years, Ordered to Pay More Than $52M in Restitution
Trivikram Reddy, 39, a Waxahachie nurse practitioner, was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison and ordered to repay more than $52 million in restitution…
New Charges Filed against Medical Technology Company President and Two Others
A federal grand jury handed down a superseding indictment against the president of California-based medical technology company Arrayit Corporation, Mark Schena, in connection with the…
FL Home Healthcare Service Pays More Than $45K in Back Wages to 38 Workers after US DOL Reveals Violations
A US Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division investigation of a Tampa-area home healthcare provider found that the employer failed to pay workers overtime…
Update to 2021 Annual Update of HCPCS Codes for Skilled Nursing Facility Consolidated Billing Enforcement Released
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently released a updated list of the Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) subject to the Consolidated…
Former CT Nurse Sentenced for Tampering with Fentanyl Vials Intended for Patients at Fertility Clinic
Donna Monticone, 49, of Oxford, was sentenced for tampering with fentanyl vials intended for patients at the fertility clinic where she was employed. Monticone was…
Owner of Boston Physical Therapy Clinics Indicted on Healthcare Fraud Charges
The former owner of several physical therapy clinics in Greater Boston has been indicted by a federal grand jury on healthcare fraud charges. Chang Goo…
Upper Allegheny Health System to Pay $2.7 Million to Settle False Claims Act Allegations
Upper Allegheny Health System (UAHS), a healthcare system which operates several dental clinics in the Southern Tier of New York and in Pennsylvania, has agreed…
RI’s Minimum Nursing Home Staffing Bill Heads to Governor’s Desk
The Rhode Island General Assembly approved a bill that creates minimum staffing standards in the state’s nursing homes, and the legislation now heads to the…
Lawsuit: New York Hospital Negligent as Patient Ran Amok with Scissors
A former nursing student at Ellis Hospital who was stabbed in the neck during a rampage by a scissors-wielding patient last year is suing the…
OCR Provides Technical Assistance to Arizona to Ensure Crisis Standards of Care Protect against Age and Disability Discrimination
The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has resolved a complaint against the State of Arizona…