Connecticut Guard Helps Inspect Long-Term Care Facilities
The Connecticut Army and Air National Guard have teamed up with the Department of Public Health to inspect nursing homes and assisted living facilities throughout…
Owner of Durable Medical Equipment Company Admits Participation in Kickback-Telemedicine Fraud Scheme
A Florida man is one of 26 charged in telemedicine-kickback fraud in the U.S. Southern District alleged to be in the millions of dollars. The…
PA Medical Group Office Manager Pleads Guilty in a Nearly $1M Embezzlement Scheme
Cynthia L. Demniak, 60, of Leckrone, PA, pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of Wire Fraud and False Income Tax Returns. In connection with…
X-ray of Man’s Genitalia Possibly Shared Online by PA Image Company Employee
Fairview Township Police have opened a criminal case after an imaging company reported an employee may have shared an X-ray of a man’s genitalia on…
EEOC Sues Texas Hospital for Retaliation
The Woodlands Psychiatry and Counseling Company, a hospital in Conroe, Texas, violated federal law when it fired an employee for making a discrimination charge to…
EEOC Announces Analysis of EEO-1 Component 2 Pay Data Collection
The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced that the Commission has voted unanimously to fund a statistical study with the National Academies of Sciences,…
FCC Designates ‘988’ as 3-Digit Number for National Suicide Prevention Hotline
Today, the Federal Communications Commission adopted rules to establish 988 as the new, nationwide, 3-digit phone number for Americans in crisis to connect with suicide…
Former Employee at Illinois Assisted Living Facility Charged with Identity Theft
A former certified nursing assistant at a Schaumburg senior and assisted living, skilled nursing, and memory support facility was ordered held on $20,000 bail Wednesday…
Florida Nursing Homes See Infections Surge as Workers Spread Virus
Florida nursing homes and assisted-living facilities have seen a 74 percent increase in coronavirus cases in the past month despite efforts by Gov. Ron DeSantis…
Utah Nursing Home Resident Dies in Van Waiting for COVID-19 Test
A 71-year-old Utah nursing home resident was found dead after waiting in a drive-through line to be tested for COVID-19 at an area healthcare clinic’s…