An orthopedic surgeon was sentenced to 15 months in federal prison for accepting nearly $623,000 in bribes and kickbacks in exchange for referring his patients…
The Office of Inspector General (OIG) recognizes that the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) needs to improve their cybersecurity posture and promote…
SavaSeniorCare LLC and related entities (Sava), based in Georgia, have agreed to pay $11.2 million, plus additional amounts if certain financial contingencies occur, to resolve…
The US Attorney’s Office reached an agreement with New England Orthopedic Surgeons (NEOS) in Springfield, Mass. to resolve allegations that the practice violated the Americans…
A Michigan man pleaded guilty to hacking the human resources databases of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and stealing Personally Identifiable Information (PII) of…
Dallas-based Greenhouse Outpatient Center and its parent company, American Addiction Centers, agreed to damages of $146,613 and provide other relief to settle a pregnancy discrimination…
The Government Accountability Office testified in front of Congress that government agencies should wait until after the pandemic, when there is more research, before expanding…
The Senate has okayed a bipartisan bill that allows nursing home and long-term care facility residents and their families to install cameras in their rooms…
Philadelphia’s six-hospital University of Pennsylvania Health System will make the COVID-19 vaccine mandatory for all employees and clinical staff, the health system said May 19.
The Office of Inspector General (OIG) conducted a follow-up study on how the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) monitors nursing home use of…