COVID-19 Vaccine Toolkit Released by AMDA
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has announced that long-term care residents and staff will be among the first to receive access to…
New York Hospital Fires Employee over Flu Shot
A 27-year employee of Glens Falls Hospital, who checks in patients at the Cancer Center, was fired last week after she refused to get a…
Healthcare Company Owner to Pay $1 Million to Settle False Claims Act Case
The former owner of Providence Home Health and Providence Hospice has agreed to pay $1.05 million to settle claims she knowingly and willfully paid improper…
NY Psychiatrist Going to Federal Prison for Bilking Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars from Healthcare Benefit Programs
Muhammad Cheema, MD, 47, of Pittsford, NY, who was convicted of healthcare fraud, was sentenced to serve 18 months in prison. The defendant was also…
Former Owner of Healthcare Staffing Company Indicted for Wage Fixing
A federal grand jury returned an indictment charging Neeraj Jindal, the former owner of a therapist staffing company, for participating in a conspiracy to fix…
MA Psychiatrist Indicted for Billing Medicare and Private Insurance for Services Never Rendered
Gustavo Kinrys, 49, a Natick psychiatrist, was arrested in connection with charges that he billed Medicare and private insurance companies for over $10 million in…
National Guard assisting Pennsylvania nursing home after alarming rise in COVID-19 cases
Officials with Mount Saint Macrina Manor in Uniontown, Fayette County, confirm that a small group from the National Guard has arrived to assist the facility…
Ransomware Attack on Maryland’s GBMC Health Spurs EHR Downtime
GBMC HealthCare in Maryland is currently operating under planned EHR downtime procedures, after falling victim to a ransomware attack on Sunday, December 6.
Trump Administration to Distribute $523 Million in Second Round Performance Payments
Over 9,000 nursing homes across the country will be rewarded for successfully reducing COVID-19 related infections and deaths between September and October 2020. The Health…
Pennsylvania Resident Sentenced in Multimillion Dollar Healthcare Fraud Conspiracy
A resident of Pittsburgh was sentenced in federal court for conspiracy to defraud the Pennsylvania Medicaid program and healthcare fraud. Terra Dean, 46, was sentenced…