Settlement Reached in Hospital Data-Breach Case
The former parent company of Trumbull Regional and Northside medical centers has reached a settlement with the attorney generals of 28 states over cases related…
TX woman accused of stealing from nursing home patients after requesting urine samples
A woman was arrested after police in two Dallas-Fort Worth suburbs say she abused her role as a lab technician working in nursing homes by…
COVID Inspection Finds IL Nursing Home’s Residents Were in ‘Immediate Jeopardy’
Eleven residents at a Granite City nursing home who had COVID-19 ate in the same dining room and, in some cases, shared a bedroom with…
Report Cites Failures at Georgia Veterans’ Home Leading up to Resident’s Death
A patient at the Georgia Veterans’ War Home in Milledgeville never got the mental health evaluation he needed for his aggressive behavior this year before…
Michigan Medicine Notifies Patients of Email Information Breach
Michigan Medicine is notifying 1062 patients about an email that may have exposed their email addresses and health information to others.
Federal Government Partners with CVS and Walgreens to Provide COVID-19 Vaccine to LTCF Residents
To meet the Trump Administration’s Operation Warp Speed (OWS) goals, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Department of Defense (DoD )…
Ohio Nursing Home Owner to Plead Guilty in $59M Bank Fraud Scheme
A Blue Ash nursing home operator will plead guilty to bank fraud in a $59 million check-kiting scheme involving two banks, including Cincinnati-based First Financial…
AG Healey Indicts Seven Individuals in Connection with Personal Care Attendant Fraud
Attorney General Maura Healey announced that her office secured indictments against seven individuals in connection with a coordinated criminal sweep of fraud and abuse in…
COVID Test Swab Snapped off into Woman’s Lung at UK Hospital
The patient, in her 50s, had a tracheostomy, a procedure where an opening in the neck is made, and when a nurse tried to swab…
TX Nursing Homes under Investigation for Giving IV Vitamin Infusions without Doctor’s Orders
State inspectors are investigating whether Texas nursing homes improperly administered IV vitamin infusions to residents without signed doctor’s orders.