Canadian Man Sentenced to 68 Months for $1.25 Million Fraud
Ivan Chernev, age 51, and a citizen of Canada and Bulgaria, was sentenced to 68 months in prison for a fraudulent scheme that targeted small…
CVS, Walgreens to Give Covid-19 Shots at Nursing Homes
CVS Health Corp. and Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. are preparing to administer Covid-19 vaccines in tens of thousands of nursing homes and assisted-living facilities across…
Kansas City Nursing Home to Pay $40,000 to Settle EEOC Pay Discrimination Claims
Edgewood Manor OPCO, LLC, a former owner of Edgewood Manor, a skilled nursing facility in Raytown, Mo., will pay $40,000 and furnish other relief to…
Minnesota’s Nursing Homes Staffing Is Unbelievably Challenging as COVID-19 Cases Skyrocket
The number of COVID-19 cases is in the thousands, with a large continuous spread throughout Minnesota. A large number of staff are out sick or…
South Dakota and Sanford Health Settle Medicaid Case
Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg announced that South Dakota reached a settlement agreement with Sanford Health resolving a case involving Medicaid payments. As part of the…
HHS-OIG’s Work Could Save Taxpayers Billions of Dollars, New Report Says
America’s taxpayers could see billions in misspent Medicare, Medicaid, and other health and human services dollars recouped as a result of work by the Department…
EEOC Launches New Data Tool to Track Employment Trends
Today, the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) launched EEOC Explore, a new interactive data query and mapping tool that gives users access to the…
Nursing Home Employee Arrested on a Felony Neglect Charge
A caregiver at a senior living center in Tallahassee, Florida, was arrested on a third-degree felony charge of neglect of a disabled adult. The charges…
Mayo Clinic Faces Multiple Lawsuits over Insider Privacy Breach
Mayo Clinic is facing multiple class action lawsuits over an insider data breach reported in October 2020 after they discovered a former employee had accessed…
Arkansas Nursing Homes Report Lag in COVID-Test Results
As the pandemic’s winter surge swells, roughly a third of Arkansas’ nursing homes have recently reported delays in receiving their residents’ covid-19 test results, an…